The acceptability of acupuncture for low back pain: a qualitative study of patient's experiences nested within a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines recommend acupuncture as a clinically effective treatment for chronic back pain. However, there is insufficient knowledge of what factors contribute to patients' positive and negative experiences of acupuncture, and how those factors interact in terms of the acceptability of treatment. This study used patient interviews following acupuncture treatment for back pain to identify, understand and describe the elements that contribute or detract from acceptability of treatment.

Methods

The study used semi-structured interviews. Twelve patients were interviewed using an interview schedule as a sub-study nested within a randomised controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic back pain. The interviews w

SUBMITTER: Hopton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3578863 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature