Testing the Traditional Chinese Medicine Consultation Model for Adherence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Table 5

The Perception of Therapist subscale.

The Perception of Therapist subscale item	Median (IQR) (number of participants: 101)
I trust my therapist	7 (6–7)
I have confidence that my therapist is well qualified to treat me	7 (6–7)
My therapist is a competent provider of my treatment	7 (6–7)
I am comfortable talking to my therapist about my health problem	7 (7–7)
My therapist wants to help me with my health problem	7 (7–7)
When my therapist talks about my health problem, it does not make sense to me [R]	7 (7–7)
My therapist is an expert in my treatment	6 (5–7)
My therapist is interested when i talk about my health problem	7 (6–7)
My therapist knows how to treat my health problem	6 (6–7)
My therapist provides explanations of my treatment that make sense to me	7 (6–7)
Summary score	67 (61–70)

Note: each item is on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 7 (completely). [R] indicates that the item is reverse scored.