Table 1 Overview of domains, categories and subcategories
Domains | Categories | Subcategories |
|---|---|---|
Attitudes | Creating trust and a good relationship with the patient | Strategies for the encounter with Patients |
Searching for information on patients’ behalf | ||
A positive attitude to CAM | ||
Wishing for knowledge and understanding | Willingness to learn about CAM | |
Searching for relevant education | ||
Raising the level of awareness about and concretizing patients’ CAM use | ||
Trust in CAM | Acceptance of CAM | |
CAM as a complement to conventional treatment | ||
Untapped resource | ||
Right time for CAM | ||
Confidence in manual therapies | ||
Attitudes that constitute a barrier | Restrictive approach | |
Distanced view | ||
No need of or interest in CAM | ||
Personal definition of CAM | ||
Reticence about CAM | ||
Experiences | Motives for CAM use | Concern about side-effects of conventional medication |
Patients’ wish to avoid conventional medication | ||
Disease course | ||
Interest | ||
Influences from the surrounding environment | ||
CAM provides a holistic perspective | ||
Perceiving patients’ quest for improvement and well-being | The patient is searching | |
The patient believes in the efficacy of CAM | ||
The patient informs about her/his CAM use | ||
Problematic aspects | Limited knowledge/education | |
Safety and efficacy | ||
Differing CAM experiences | Personal experience of CAM | |
Influence of pati ents’ narratives about CAM | ||
Experiences of friends/relatives | ||
Professional experience of CAM |