Development of the adult and child complementary medicine questionnaires fielded on the National Health Interview Survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stussman, Barbara J ^a   Bethell, Christina D ^b   Gray, Caroline ^c   Nahin, Richard L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Policy Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive interviewing; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMERICAN INDIAN; AYURVEDA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE QUESTIONNAIRE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LETTER; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MINORITY HEALTH; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; QIGONG; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAI CHI; TRADITIONAL HEALER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887882817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-328     Document Type: Letter

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