Table 4 Patient outcomes (symptom resolution, fulfilment of expectations, treatment satisfaction)
From: Differences in the quality of interpersonal care in complementary and conventional medicine
COM | Noncertified CAM | Certified CAM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
Symptom resolution | |||||||||
Complete resolution | 358 | 27.6 | 24.4-30.7 | 338 | 25.7 | 22.9-28.5 | 616 | 18.6 | 16.8-20.5 |
Much better | 392 | 30.2 | 27.5-32.9 | 410 | 31.2 | 28.3-34.1 | 1358 | 41.1 | 39.0-43.1 |
Better | 219 | 16.9 | 14.9-18.9 | 265 | 20.2 | 17.7-22.7 | 767 | 23.2 | 21.7-24.7 |
Equal | 300 | 23.1 | 20.9-25.3 | 284 | 21.6 | 18.8-24.4 | 513 | 15.5 | 13.8-17.2 |
Worse | 22 | 1.7 | 0.9-2.5 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.7-1.8 | 48 | 1.5 | 1.1-1.8 |
Unbearable | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2-0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.2 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.2 |
Fulfilment of expectations | |||||||||
Complete | 409 | 32.6 | 29.2-35.9 | 439 | 34.3 | 30.9-37.6 | 1112 | 33.9 | 32.0-35.9 |
mostly yes | 578 | 46.0 | 42.9-49.2 | 598 | 46.7 | 43.8-49.6 | 1713 | 52.3 | 50.1-54.5 |
mostly not | 196 | 15.6 | 13.5-17.7 | 189 | 14.8 | 12.4-17.1 | 362 | 11.1 | 9.6-12.5 |
Not at all | 73 | 5.8 | 4.5-7.1 | 55 | 4.3 | 3.1-5.5 | 89 | 2.7 | 2.0-3.4 |
Treatment satisfaction | |||||||||
very satisfied | 549 | 43.4 | 40.5-46.3 | 651 | 50.6 | 46.7-54.6 | 1693 | 51.2 | 49.2-53.2 |
mostly satisfied | 571 | 45.1 | 42.3-48.0 | 500 | 38.9 | 35.7-42.1 | 1377 | 41.6 | 39.9-43.3 |
mostly not satisfied | 119 | 9.4 | 7.9-10.9 | 110 | 8.6 | 7.1-10.0 | 212 | 6.4 | 5.2-7.6 |
Not satisfied at all | 26 | 2.1 | 1.2-2.9 | 25 | 1.9 | 1.1-2.8 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.4-1.1 |