How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso
Purpose: Patients can have difficulties choosing acupuncturists in the UK as they are not currently subject to statutory regulation. A qualitative study explored patients’ experiences of acupuncture. A quantitative vignette study investigated the impact of patient gender and practitioner factors (ge...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:176255 2023-07-30T04:07:17+02:00 How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso Bishop, F.L. Massey, Y Yardley, L. Lewith, G.T. 2010-05-19 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/176255/ unknown Bishop, F.L., Massey, Y, Yardley, L. and Lewith, G.T. (2010) How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso. ICCMR 2010 Abstract Book, 0-135. Article PeerReviewed 2010 ftsouthampton 2023-07-09T21:19:58Z Purpose: Patients can have difficulties choosing acupuncturists in the UK as they are not currently subject to statutory regulation. A qualitative study explored patients’ experiences of acupuncture. A quantitative vignette study investigated the impact of patient gender and practitioner factors (gender, training location and qualifications) on choice of acupuncturist. Methods: Qualitative study: 35 acupuncture patients (maximum variation sampling) participated in semistructured interviews about their acupuncture experiences (thematic analysis). Quantitative study: 83 participants imagined wanting to consult an acupuncturist for back pain. They rated 8 fictional acupuncturists. Results: Patients wanted qualified, personable acupuncturists and valued recommendations from trusted others. Without such recommendations, potential patients preferred female acupuncturists (F(1,76)=30.63, p<.01) with medical qualifications (F(1,76)=125.72, p<.01), who trained in China (F(1,76)=8.53), p<.01). Conclusions: The decision to consult a particular acupuncturist is not straight forward. Acupuncturists’ trustworthiness and authenticity are important to (potential) patients; practitioner gender also influenced preferences in our participants. Patients need to be informed about forthcoming statutory regulation in CAM and its implications; GPs might be able to better support their patients wanting to consult acupuncturists. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromso Tromso University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Tromso ENVELOPE(16.546,16.546,68.801,68.801) |
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Purpose: Patients can have difficulties choosing acupuncturists in the UK as they are not currently subject to statutory regulation. A qualitative study explored patients’ experiences of acupuncture. A quantitative vignette study investigated the impact of patient gender and practitioner factors (gender, training location and qualifications) on choice of acupuncturist. Methods: Qualitative study: 35 acupuncture patients (maximum variation sampling) participated in semistructured interviews about their acupuncture experiences (thematic analysis). Quantitative study: 83 participants imagined wanting to consult an acupuncturist for back pain. They rated 8 fictional acupuncturists. Results: Patients wanted qualified, personable acupuncturists and valued recommendations from trusted others. Without such recommendations, potential patients preferred female acupuncturists (F(1,76)=30.63, p<.01) with medical qualifications (F(1,76)=125.72, p<.01), who trained in China (F(1,76)=8.53), p<.01). Conclusions: The decision to consult a particular acupuncturist is not straight forward. Acupuncturists’ trustworthiness and authenticity are important to (potential) patients; practitioner gender also influenced preferences in our participants. Patients need to be informed about forthcoming statutory regulation in CAM and its implications; GPs might be able to better support their patients wanting to consult acupuncturists. |
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How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso |
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How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso |
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How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso |
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How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso |
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How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso |
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how do patients choose an acupuncturist? a mixed methods study. presented at the 5th international congress on complementary medicine, tromso |
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