Patients' expectations of private osteopathic care in the UK: a national survey of patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' expectations of osteopathic care have been little researched. The aim of this study was to quantify the most important expectations of patients in private UK osteopathic practices, and the extent to which those expectations were met or unmet.

Methods

The study involved development and application of a questionnaire about patients' expectations of osteopathic care. The questionnaire drew on an extensive review of the literature and the findings of a prior qualitative study involving focus groups exploring the expectations of osteopathic patients. A questionnaire survey of osteopathic patients in the UK was then conducted. Patients were recruited from a random sample of 800 registered osteopaths in private practice across the UK. Patients were asked to com

SUBMITTER: Leach CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3679882 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature