Developing a patient-centered outcome measure for complementary and alternative medicine therapies I: defining content and format

Developing a patient-centered outcome measure for complementary and alternative medicine therapies I: defining content and format

BACKGROUND:Patients receiving complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies often report shifts in well-being that go beyond resolution of the original presenting symptoms. We undertook a research program to develop and evaluate a patient-centered outcome measure to assess the multidimensio...

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Main Authors: Ritenbaugh, Cheryl, Nichter, Mimi, Nichter, Mark, Kelly, Kimberly, Sims, Colette, Bell, Iris, Castaneda, Heide, Elder, Charles, Koithan, Mary, Sutherland, Elizabeth, Verhoef, Marja, Warber, Sarah, Coons, Stephen
Other Authors: Department of Family & Community Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ, USA
Language:en
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Subjects:
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
patient-reported outcomes (PROs)
patient-centered care
non-specific outcomes
questionnaire development
retrospective pre-test
well-being
Online Access:Ritenbaugh et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011, 11:135 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/11/135
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610358
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610358

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Ritenbaugh et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011, 11:135 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/11/135
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610358
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610358

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