Research Article

The Phenomena of Naturopathic Practitioner: Predictors of a High Patient Throughput

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of challenging traits of patients from the perspective of naturopathic practitioners.

Characteristic of Mean (SD)CI 95%

Aggressive6.53 (3.28)6.12–6.94
Limited compliance6.43 (3.05)6.05–6.80
Demanding5.76 (2.64)5.43–6.08
Unfriendly5.32 (3.15)4.93–5.71
Anancastic4.95 (2.74)4.62–5.29
Critical4.39 (2.44)4.09–4.69
Person with a lot of questions3.91 (2.51)3.61–4.22
Anxious3.68 (2.55)3.36–3.99

from 1 “not challenging at all” to 10 “very challenging”; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval.