A pragmatic, three-arm randomised controlled trial of spiritual healing for asthma in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 527, 2006, Pages 444-449

  Cleland, Jennifer A ^a   Price, David B ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^a   Gerard, Stan ^b   Sharma, Arun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b 'Serendipity'   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Complementary medicine; Quality of life; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOTLAND; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745134080     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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