Using qualitative evaluation in a feasibility study to improve and refine a complementary therapy intervention prior to subsequent research

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Fonteyn, Marsha ^a   Bauer Wu, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Complementary therapies; Guided interviews; Mindfulness meditation; NVivo; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244486036     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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