Table 2.
Frequencies of treatment recommendation in percentage with means and mean difference with 95% confidence intervals and level of significance for each vignette and treatment measure
| Vignette | Response category | Schizophrenia | Depression | Mean differences with CI’s | T-test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment measures | %a | Meana | %b | Meanb | |||
| Psychotherapy | Recommend | 92.0 | 79.4 | − 0.308 (− 0.421; − 0.196) | p < .001 | ||
| Undecided | 7.3 | 1.60 | 15.3 | 1.91 | |||
| Unfavorable | 0.8 | 5.3 | |||||
| Concentration and relaxation exercises | Recommend | 67.7 | 68.7 | − 0.018 (− 0.163; 0.127) | n. s. | ||
| Undecided | 21.7 | 2.24 | 19.1 | 2.26 | |||
| Unfavorable | 10.6 | 12.2 | |||||
| Meditation or Yoga | Recommend | 61.0 | 60.0 | 0.024 (− 0.126; 0.174) | n. s. | ||
| Undecided | 25.9 | 2.42 | 27.9 | 2.40 | |||
| Unfavorable | 13.1 | 12.1 | |||||
| Psychotropic medication | Recommend | 60.3 | 56.9 | − 0.089 (− 0.264; 0.086) | n. s. | ||
| Undecided | 20.4 | 2.46 | 20.7 | 2.55 | |||
| Unfavorable | 19.3 | 22.4 | |||||
| Natural medicine | Recommend | 17.6 | 18.4 | − 0.049 (− 0.209; 0.111) | n. s. | ||
| Undecided | 44.7 | 3.36 | 41.0 | 3.41 | |||
| Unfavorable | 37.7 | 40.6 | |||||
| ECT | Recommend | 27.7 | 18.8 | − 0.273 (− 0.489; − 0.058) | p < .05 | ||
| Undecided | 24.5 | 3.40 | 23.9 | 3.67 | |||
| Unfavorable | 47.9 | 57.3 | |||||
| Acupuncture | Recommend | 15.9 | 16.8 | − 0.036 (− 0.199; 0.127) | n. s. | ||
| Undecided | 40.3 | 3.50 | 35.7 | 3.53 | |||
| Unfavorable | 43.8 | 47.5 | |||||
| Feng Shui | Recommend | 13.0 | 11.5 | − 0.232 (− 0.406; − 0.057) | p < .01 | ||
| Undecided | 28.4 | 3.81 | 29.4 | 4.04 | |||
| Unfavorable | 58.6 | 69.1 | |||||
| Praying | Recommend | 13.8 | 7.1 | − 0.333 (− 0.501; − 0.165) | p < .001 | ||
| Undecided | 26.1 | 3.85 | 23.9 | 4.18 | |||
| Unfavorable | 60.1 | 69.0 | |||||
Means defined by a 5-point Likert scale with anchor points from 1 = strongly recommend to 5 = never recommend
aVignette schizophrenia
bVignette depression