The influence of psychosocial factors on the intention to incorporate complementary and integrative medicine into psychiatric clinical practices

Corinne Schaub; Catherine Bigoni; Quentin Baumeler; Mohamed Faouzi; Kétia Alexandre

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101413

The influence of psychosocial factors on the intention to incorporate complementary and integrative medicine into psychiatric clinical practices

Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2021 Aug:44:101413. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101413. Epub 2021 May 6.

Authors

Corinne Schaub¹, Catherine Bigoni², Quentin Baumeler³, Mohamed Faouzi⁴, Kétia Alexandre⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences (HESAV), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Avenue de Beaumont 21, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: corinne.schaub@hesav.ch.
² School of Health Sciences (HESAV), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Avenue de Beaumont 21, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: catherine.bigoni@hesav.ch.
³ School of Health Sciences (HESAV), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Avenue de Beaumont 21, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland; The Swiss Peak LLC, Chemin des Epinettes 8, CH-1007, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: quentin@theswisspeak.ch.
⁴ Biostatistics Unit, Center for Primary Care and Public Health(Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Route de Berne 113, CH-1010, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: mohamed.faouzi@unisante.ch.
⁵ School of Health Sciences (HESAV), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Avenue de Beaumont 21, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: ketia.alexandre@hesav.ch.

PMID: 33991959
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101413

Abstract

Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) can be of great support to individuals suffering from psychiatric conditions; however, it is still rarely incorporated into clinical practice.

Objective: To examine the influences of psychosocial and sociodemographic factors on health-care professionals' intention to use CIM in their psychiatric clinical practice.

Method: One-hundred-and-five participants completed a questionnaire developed from an adapted version of Triandis' Theory of Interpersonal Behavior (TIB). Intentions to use CIM (yes or no) were analyzed using logistic regression models.

Results: The multivariate model retained three main factors: affect, perceived social norms, and conditions facilitating CIM. These predicted health-care professionals' intention to use CIM with an AUC = 94.7%.

Results: underlined that positive affective attitudes towards CIM, feeling that CIM was congruent with professional and institutional goals, and having sufficient skills in CIM were essential to ensuring that health-care professionals would integrate CIM into their clinical practice.

Keywords: Complementary and integrative medicine; Psychiatric health-care professionals' practice; Psychosocial factors.

MeSH terms

Complementary Therapies*
Health Personnel
Humans
Integrative Medicine*
Intention
Surveys and Questionnaires