Designing an RCT of acupuncture for depression - Identifying appropriate patient groups: A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-195

  Schroer, Sylvia ^a   MacPherson, Hugh ^a,b   Adamson, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary therapies; Depression; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749139603     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp021     Document Type: Article

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