Pilot Validation of a Self-Report Outcome Measure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 592-599

  Eton, David T ^a,b   Temple, Leslie Mendoza ^a,b   Koffler, Karen ^c  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Canyon Ranch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; ENTEROPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MULTITRAIT MULTIMETHOD; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOGA;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 36048965900     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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