Title |
Patients’ preconceptions of acupuncture: a qualitative study exploring the decisions patients make when seeking acupuncture
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Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-13-102 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Felicity L Bishop, George T Lewith |
Abstract |
Like any other form of healthcare, acupuncture takes place in a particular context which can enhance or diminish treatment outcomes (i.e. can produce contextual effects). Patients' expectations of acupuncture might be an important component of contextual effects, but we know relatively little about the origins and nature of patients' expectations or wider preconceptions about acupuncture. Our aim was to identify the processes the underpin patients' decisions to try acupuncture and thus begin to tease out the origins and nature of patients' preconceptions. |
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Geographical breakdown
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Australia | 3 | 25% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
United States | 2 | 17% |
Canada | 1 | 8% |
Spain | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 3 | 25% |
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Members of the public | 8 | 67% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 17% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Scientists | 1 | 8% |
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United States | 1 | 1% |
Ireland | 1 | 1% |
Norway | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 93 | 97% |
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Student > Master | 27 | 28% |
Student > Bachelor | 21 | 22% |
Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
Researcher | 5 | 5% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
Other | 13 | 14% |
Unknown | 19 | 20% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 40% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 20% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
Psychology | 2 | 2% |
Other | 9 | 9% |
Unknown | 20 | 21% |
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