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. 2021 Oct 25;18(21):11196. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111196

Table 2.

Target questions presented in each sub-category with chiropractic–backpain as an example topic. A full list of questions presented in each sub-category can be found in Materials S4 of Supplementary Materials.

Belief Sub-Category
Belief
To what extent do you agree that chiropractic therapy is an effective treatment for back pain?
Contingency Estimate sub-category
Probability of the cause, c
Of all the people you know, what percentage of people visit a chiropractor for back pain?
Estimate of probability of outcome given cause, p(O|C)
Of those people you know who suffer from back pain and visit a chiropractor, what percentage of them have experienced an improvement in their condition?
Estimate of probability of outcome given no cause, p(O|~C)
Of those people you know who suffer from back pain but do not visit a chiropractor, what percentage of them have experienced an improvement in their condition?