title: Developing a measure of treatment beliefs: the complementary and alternative medicine beliefs inventory.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aimed to develop a comprehensive generic measure of treatment beliefs, the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Beliefs Inventory (CAMBI), and to identify distinct dimensions of CAM-related beliefs.
  
  
  METHODS
  The CAMBI and other measures were presented and advertised online.
  
  
  RESULTS
  328 completed questionnaires were received. Factor analysis indicated three dimensions of beliefs could be identified. Subscales of the CAMBI were developed measuring beliefs in natural treatment, participation in treatment and holistic health. The subscales all had satisfactory reliability and were significantly correlated with CAM use (Spearman's rho=.18, .47 and .22 for natural treatments, holistic health and participation in treatment, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CAMBI measures three distinct dimensions of treatment beliefs, all of which are related to CAM use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yardley
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lewith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires