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| Title |
Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-230x-12-150 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hugh MacPherson, Helen Tilbrook, J Martin Bland, Karen Bloor, Sally Brabyn, Helen Cox, Arthur Ricky Kang’ombe, Mei-See Man, Tracy Stuardi, David Torgerson, Ian Watt, Peter Whorwell |
| Abstract |
Acupuncture is used by patients as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but the evidence on effectiveness is limited. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care when provided as an adjunct to usual care. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 36 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 25% |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| Norway | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| Philippines | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 14 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 30 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 11% |
| Scientists | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 126 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 12% |
| Researcher | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 14% |
| Unknown | 31 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 42% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 32 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 60. 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 29 November 2018.
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#628,488
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Outputs from BMC Gastroenterology
#32
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#3,465
of 185,199 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Gastroenterology
#2
of 36 outputs
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