Developing and evaluating complementary therapy services: part 2. Examining the effects of treatment on health status.

J. Richardson*

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect on patient health status of an outpatient service providing acupuncture, osteopathy, and homeopathy. DESIGN: Pragmatic quasiexperimental design with waiting-list control group. SETTING: A district general hospital in the United Kingdom. SUBJECTS: All patients referred to the service during the study period. OUTCOME MEASURES: The Short Form 36-Item Health Status Survey (SF-36). RESULTS: With the exception of the Physical Functioning scale, statistical differences in scores were found between the treatment and control group on all SF-36 scales. Sensitivity analysis designed to deal with nonresponse supports the robustness of the results. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence for the effectiveness of an outpatient acupuncture, osteopathy and homeopathy service in terms of benefits to patients' health status.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)315-328
Number of pages0
JournalJ Altern Complement Med
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2001

Keywords

  • Acupuncture
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Ambulatory Care
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Complementary Therapies
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Health Status
  • Health Surveys
  • Homeopathy
  • Hospitals
  • General
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteopathic Medicine
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • United Kingdom

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