Acupuncture, Counseling, and Usual care for Depression (ACUDep): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a   Richmond, Stewart ^a   Bland, J M ^a   Lansdown, Harriet ^a   Hopton, Ann ^a   Kang'ombe, Arthur ^a   Morley, Stephen ^b   Perren, Sara ^a   Spackman, Eldon ^a   Spilsbury, Karen ^a   Torgerson, David ^a   Watt, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cost effectiveness; Counseling; Depression; Effectiveness; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84868699119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-209     Document Type: Article

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