Table 5 Partial correlations between appraisals, illness perceptions and treatment beliefs
| Â | Appraisals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Credibility of Acupuncture | Acupuncturist | Disability change | Pain change | Wellbeing change | Value for money | Not difficult to travel | Convenient appointments | Not effortful to attend | Not too expensive | |
Illness perceptions | ||||||||||
Consequences | -.10 | -.06 | .34** | .34** | -.29** | .04 | .02 | .05 | .03 | -.05 |
Timeline | -.16** | -.05 | .25** | .26** | -.22** | -.05 | -.02 | -.02 | .01 | -.09 |
Personal control | .19** | .14* | -.23** | -.13* | .17** | .09 | .10 | .03 | .11 | .06 |
Treatment Control | .62** | .28** | -.20** | -.26** | .24** | .16** | .07 | .16** | .11* | .06 |
Identity | -.10 | .03 | .34** | .30** | -.16** | .04 | .01 | .01 | .06 | -.12* |
Concerns | -.14* | -.08 | .26** | .26** | -.18** | -.03 | -.02 | -.06 | -.10 | -.12* |
Comprehensible | .36** | .19** | -.17** | -.14* | .18** | .18** | .04 | .07 | .08 | .04 |
Emotional | -.13* | -.01 | .25** | .24** | -.15** | -.04 | -.07 | -.10 | -.10 | -.10 |
Treatment beliefs | ||||||||||
Expectancy | .70** | .28** | -.22** | -.33** | .27** | .16** | .11 | .08 | .08 | .03 |
Holistic health | .06 | .15** | -.02 | -.04 | .08 | .05 | -.05 | .01 | -.02 | -.06 |
Natural treatments | .01 | .11* | -.07 | -.08 | .06 | -.01 | -.03 | .01 | -.09 | -.10 |
Participation in treatment | .03 | .05 | .02 | .03 | -.13* | .09 | .07 | .01 | .07 | .08 |