Hi Trainers,
I searched the internet for the studies named in the slides of Level 1 power point.
Some I couldn't find, from others I extracted important quotations.

(I re-ordered the slides so the studies come last in the chapter on beliefs.)
In slide 16 you read:
''Health Beliefs, Disease Severity, and Patient Adherence: A Meta-Analysis 
DiMatteo, M Robin PhD; Haskard, Kelly B. MA; Williams, Summer L. MA
”Adherence is significantly positively correlated with patients' beliefs in the severity of the disease to be prevented or treated ("disease threat“)”
“Results suggest that the objective severity of patients' disease conditions, and their awareness of this severity, can predict their adherence.”
[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6316398_Health_Beliefs_Disease_Severity_and_Patient_Adherence]'

The theme is "adherence" to me is similar to frightening patients into submission to a treatment...

Slide 17 goes:
''Why Patients Use Alternative Medicine  
Results of a National Study John A. Astin, PhD
“Along with being more educated and reporting poorer health status, the majority of alternative medicine users appear to be doing so not so much as a result of being dissatisfied with conventional medicine but largely because they find these health care alternatives to be more congruent with their own values, beliefs, and philosophical orientations toward health and life.”
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9605899/] ''

This doesn't really correspond with my experience: most of my clients actively search alternative approaches becauise they are not satisfied with conventional treatment so far. But of course, health care methods must be congruent with one's values and orientation. It doesn't really say anything about the impact of beliefs on health.

I find slide 18 most interesting, it goes:
''Sham Surgery in Orthopedics: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD Ina Diener, PT, PhD César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD Emilio J. Puentedura, PT, DPT, PhD 
This review includes six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving 277 subjects. All six studies were rated as very good on methodological quality.
“Narrative synthesis of results, based on effect size, demonstrated that sham surgery in orthopedics was as effective as actual surgery in reducing pain and improving disability.”
[https://academic.oup.com/painmedicine/article/18/4/736/2924731]''

So this is about the placebo-effect, the belief in the therapy received. It shows how important this positive belief is for a positive outcome. Which is what we want to support.

See attached the altered version of the pptx.

What other studies do you want to include?