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A Treatment Trial of Acupuncture in IBS Patients

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Gastroenterology, May 2009
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (84th percentile)

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Title
A Treatment Trial of Acupuncture in IBS Patients
Published in
American Journal of Gastroenterology, May 2009
DOI 10.1038/ajg.2009.156
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Abstract

This study aimed to compare the effects of true and sham acupuncture in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 127 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 36 28%
Student > Master 16 12%
Researcher 14 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 9%
Other 5 4%
Other 20 16%
Unknown 27 21%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 60 47%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 9%
Psychology 8 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 3%
Neuroscience 4 3%
Other 15 12%
Unknown 27 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2022.
All research outputs
#2,863,857
of 34,763,505 outputs
Outputs from American Journal of Gastroenterology
#1,985
of 10,015 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,506
of 154,992 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Gastroenterology
#16
of 105 outputs
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