| Title |
The Acceptability of Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study of Patient’s Experiences Nested within a Randomised Controlled Trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0056806 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ann Hopton, Kate Thomas, Hugh MacPherson |
| Abstract |
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines recommend acupuncture as a clinically effective treatment for chronic back pain. However, there is insufficient knowledge of what factors contribute to patients' positive and negative experiences of acupuncture, and how those factors interact in terms of the acceptability of treatment. This study used patient interviews following acupuncture treatment for back pain to identify, understand and describe the elements that contribute or detract from acceptability of treatment. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 43% |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 29% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 180 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 175 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 36 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 12% |
| Researcher | 17 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 29 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 58 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 17% |
| Psychology | 23 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 9% |
| Unknown | 37 | 21% |