Integrative Medicine Consultation for Patients With Pain or Fatigue

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Fatigue
• Interventions: Other: Integrative; Other: Standard

• Registration Number: NCT01058265
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

Patients with a diagnosis of chronic fatigue or pain benefit minimally from a conventional medical evaluation yet consume a large amount of medical resources and time. The question is to see if patients with a diagnosis of chronic pain or fatigue benefit from an Integrative Medicine medical evaluation conducted by physician who has additional training in Integrative Medicine. Patients who call for a general medical examination with a complaint of chronic fatigue or pain will be set up with the integrative medical specialist or standard general medical evaluation.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-28
• Primary Completion: 2010-12
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Results First Submitted: 2011-12-15
• Status Verified: 2012-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2012-01-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-01-23
• Results First Posted: 2012-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Integrative	Integrative	Integrative Medical care is defined as a comprehensive medical evaluation that emphasizes wellness and healing of the whole person as major goals above and beyond suppression of a specific somatic disease. The patient is viewed as a whole person with mind and spirit as well as body and these dimensions are incorporated into diagnosis and treatment plans. An integrative medicine evaluation includes four aspects of health: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Maximum improvement in health is achieved by addressing each aspect through an integrated treatment plan. The evaluation generally takes 90-120 minutes.
Standard	Standard	Standard general medical evaluation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short Form 36 (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS)	3 months	It yields an eight-scale profile of scores (physical functioning, social functioning, role-physical, role-emotional, bodily pain, general health, mental health, and vitality) as well as summary physical and mental measures (Ware et al., 1998). The Physical Component Summary ranges from 0 to 100, and higher score indicates better physical condition. It is based on norm-based scoring, which applies a transformation with mean equals to 50 and standard deviation equals to 10, and makes it possible to comparison.
Short Form 36 (SF-36) Mental Component Summary (MCS)	3 months	It yields an eight-scale profile of scores (physical functioning, social functioning, role-physical, role-emotional, bodily pain, general health, mental health, and vitality) as well as summary physical and mental measures (Ware et al., 1998). The Mental Component Summary ranges from 0 to 100, and higher score indicates better mental health status. It is based on norm-based scoring, which applies a transformation with mean equals to 50 and standard deviation equals to 10, and makes it possible to comparison.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Arizona; 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States