A checklist to assess the quality of reports on spa therapy and balneotherapy trials was developed using the Delphi consensus method: The SPAC checklist

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 324-332

  Kamioka, Hiroharu ^a   Kawamura, Yoichi ^b   Tsutani, Kiichiro ^c   Maeda, Masaharu ^d   Hayasaka, Shinya ^e   Okuizum, Hiroyasu ^f   Okada, Shinpei ^g   Honda, Takuya ^h   Iijima, Yuichi ⁱ  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b Oyamada Memorial Spa Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^e DAITO BUNKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Mimaki Onsen (Spa) Clinic   (Japan)

^g Physical Education and Medicine Research Foundation   (Japan)

^h JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

ⁱ The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Curative effect; Health enhancement; Interventional trials; Spa therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIKERT SCALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPA TREATMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS;

BALNEOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSENSUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880574333     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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