Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: Primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a   Tilbrook, Helen ^a   Bland, J Martin ^a   Bloor, Karen ^a   Brabyn, Sally ^a   Cox, Helen ^a   Kang'ombe, Arthur Ricky ^a   Man, Mei See ^a   Stuardi, Tracy ^a   Torgerson, David ^a   Watt, Ian ^a   Whorwell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Irritable bowel syndrome; Primary care; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; LAXATIVE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BURNING; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE PRURITUS; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCORE; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867670143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-150     Document Type: Article

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