A cross-sectional analysis of patient characteristics, health conditions and patient experience at a Portuguese medical acupuncture teaching appointment

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Marto, Carlos Miguel ^a,b,c   Ouzounova, Preslava ^a   Casalta Lopes, João ^a,b,d   Botelho, Maria Filomena ^a,b,c   Cabrita, António ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Cross sectional study; Medical records

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OROFACIAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85074780454     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.102227     Document Type: Article

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