Measuring impact of Acupuncture treatment on Pain Patients’ Health Status
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Pain, functional disability, subjective well being, use of medication, acupuncture, health status
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29347
- Lead Sponsor
- Independent project
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 250
Inclusion Criteria
Acupuncture patients having pain existing more than seven days; attend for acupuncture treatment voluntarily; are 15 years and older; are able to complete a Dutch online questionnaire, completed informed consent.
Acupuncturists who work in The Netherlands for at least 2 years; have a computer in their praxis; speak the Dutch language; completed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
All other patients attending acupuncturepraxis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure is the ‘MYMOP2-online’ change score. That is, patient reported scores (7 point scales) of successively: the pain; functional disability due to pain; general wellbeing; medication for the pain.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcome measure is the database of the acupuncture treatment. That is, frequency; duration; theory; and modality of every single acupuncture treatment.