Table 5 Illness perception: users vs. non-users of treatment approaches with weak or lack of evidence
Subscale/Dimension | users | non-users | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Median | n | Median | U | Z | p | r | |
Time course | 286 | 21.00 | 208 | 21.00 | 29,322.50 | -0.271 | 0.787 | 0.01 |
Consequences | 283 | 19.00 | 208 | 18.00 | 21,691.00 | -5.000 | < 0.001 | 0.23 |
Personal control | 290 | 11.00 | 214 | 11.50 | 30,665.00 | -0.227 | 0.821 | 0.01 |
Cure control | 285 | 10.00 | 212 | 10.00 | 28,676.50 | -0.973 | 0.331 | 0.04 |
Coherence | 291 | 13.00 | 203 | 12.00 | 28,279.00 | -0.808 | 0.419 | 0.04 |
Cyclic occurrence | 287 | 14.00 | 213 | 14.00 | 28,995.50 | -0.993 | 0.321 | 0.04 |
Emotional representation | 285 | 19.00 | 213 | 19.00 | 27,433.50 | -1.842 | 0.065 | 0.08 |