Table 3.
Preliminary Framework of Outcome Domains Important for CAM Research
| Holistic wellness/well-being (encompassing each of physical, psychological, social, spiritual) | |||
| Physical | Psychological | Social | Spiritual |
| Biological markers | Absorption | Adjustment | Awareness |
| Disability | Anger | Advocacy | Balance |
| Energy | Anxiety | Economic | Enablement |
| Fatigue | Attitudes and Beliefs | Health care utilization | Energy |
| Function/Activities of Daily Living | Awareness | Cost-effectiveness | Harmony |
| Pain | Coping | Relationships | Hope |
| Pathology | Depression | Role function in daily life and work | Peace |
| Sleep | Empathy | Social support | Relaxation |
| Symptom management | Enablement | Socioeconomic | Spirituality |
| Energy | Social Strain | Transformation | |
| Patient expectations | Religiosity | ||
| General | |||
| Hope | |||
| Introversion | |||
| Locus of control | |||
| Mood | |||
| Openness to experience | |||
| Optimism/Pessimism | |||
| Patient knowledge | |||
| Patient motivation | |||
| Patient perceived self-efficacy | |||
| Patient perceptions of care | |||
| Patient perceptions of risk | |||
| Patient preference for control | |||
| Patient Satisfaction | |||
| Readiness | |||
| Relaxation | |||
| Resilience | |||
| Self-Esteem | |||
| Sense of Coherence | |||
| Stress | |||
| Trust | |||
| Quality of Life (assessing at least two of physical, psychological, social, spiritual) | |||
| Global | |||
| Multidimensional | |||
| Individualized | |||
| e.g. Measure Your Medical Outcome Profile, Measure Your Concerns and Well-being, Goal Attainment Scaling | |||
| Context of healing | |||
| Healing environment | |||
| Negotiations between patients and practitioners | |||
| Patient-centeredness of healing | |||
| Patient expectations | |||
| Patient-practitioner relationship | |||
| Practitioner attitudes towards integration | |||
| Practitioner attributes | |||
| Practitioner expectations | |||
| Practitioner experience | |||
| Attunement | |||
| Therapeutic Intent | |||
| Process of healing | |||
| Adjustment | |||
| Engagement with intervention experience | |||
| Personal growth | |||
| Transformation | |||
| Unstuckness | |||