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C Zollman

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PubMed2001

Herbal medicine.

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PubMed2000

Prevalence of complementary therapy use by women with breast cancer. A population-based survey.

The study measured the prevalence and costs of complementary therapy use by women diagnosed with breast cancer in the South Thames NHS region. A postal questionnaire was sent to a sample of 1023 women from the Thames Cancer Registry who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in the previous 7 years. Just over a fifth (22.4%) had consulted a complementary practitioner in the previous 12 months. Almost one third (31.5%) had done so since diagnosis. Almost pound17000 had been spent on visits in the previous year. The women using complementary medicine after diagnosis were slightly younger, more educated and more likely to have used complementary medicine before their diagnosis than non-complementary medicine users. In conclusion, significant numbers of women are visiting complementary therapists for health reasons following a breast cancer diagnosis. The out of pocket costs per user, with notable exceptions, are modest. Use of practitioners of complementary therapies following diagnosis is a significant and possibly growing phenomenon.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2000

Media review

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Journal Article↗
PubMed1999

Acupuncture for migraine and headache in primary care: a protocol for a pragmatic, randomized trial.

UNLABELLED: This paper presents the protocol for a randomized trial of acupuncture for migraine and headache. SUBJECTS: Four hundred patients with migraine or headache will be recruited from GP practices. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Eighteen to 65 years old, contractable by telephone, onset at least 1 year prior at age less than 50, two headaches per month in the previous 6 months, adequate data completion and headache severity during pre-randomization baseline. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Pregnancy or malignancy, cluster headache, serious pathological aetiology, cranial neuralgia, acupuncture treatment in the past year. DESIGN: Following a 4-week baseline, patients will be allocated to acupuncture or control by minimized randomization. Up to 12 acupuncture treatments will be provided by advanced members of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists. The type of acupuncture given will be recorded. STUDY MEASURES: Outcome will be assessed by headache diary, medication diary and SF36 at 3 months and 1 year. Resource use and days off sick will be assessed by quarterly questionnaire. Adverse events will be monitored by self-report. The primary outcome measure will be the change in mean daily headache score between baseline and the 1 year follow-up. An economic evaluation will also be undertaken.

Acupuncture Therapy↗