| Title |
Acupuncture, or non-directive counselling versus usual care for the treatment of depression: a pilot study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trials, January 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-10-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sylvia Schroer, Hugh MacPherson |
| Abstract |
Depression is one of the most common reasons for consulting in primary care. Acupuncture is a popular complementary therapy choice for depression but its evidence base is poor with more robust high quality trials being required. More than half of depressed patients experience painful symptoms, with severe pain being associated with poor response to antidepressants. Acupuncture may have much to offer as an intervention for depression that also helps alleviate pain. Non-directive counselling is the most widely used psychological approach for depression in NHS settings, and provides a useful pragmatic comparison for acupuncture that would, according to our pre-trial qualitative research, be of high interest to doctors and patients. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 153 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 50 | 31% |
| Researcher | 23 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 23 | 14% |
| Unknown | 19 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 58 | 36% |
| Psychology | 29 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 10% |
| Unknown | 21 | 13% |