How the psychosocial context of clinical trials differs from usual care: A qualitative study of acupuncture patients

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Barlow, Fiona ^a   Scott, Clare ^b   Coghlan, Beverly ^c   Lee, Philippa ^b   White, Peter ^d   Lewith, George T ^b   Bishop, Felicity L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Aldermoor Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80955175489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-79     Document Type: Article

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