Acupuncture for Depression: Exploring Model Validity and the Related Issue of Credibility in the Context of Designing a Pragmatic Trial

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-326

  Schroer, Sylvia ^a   Kanaan, Mona ^a   Macpherson, Hugh ^a,b   Adamson, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Foundation for Research into Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Depression; Mixed methods research; Model validity; Pragmatic trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859513648     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2011.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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