Cognitive interviews guide design of a new CAM patient expectations questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No consistent relationship exists between pre-treatment expectations and therapeutic benefit from various complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies in clinical trials. However, many different expectancy measures have been used in those studies, with no validated questionnaires clearly focused on CAM and pain. We undertook cognitive interviews as part of a process to develop and validate such a questionnaire.

Methods

We reviewed questions about expectations of benefits of acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, or yoga for pain. Components of the questions - verbs, nouns, response options, terms and phrases describing back pain - were identified. Using seven different cognitive interview scripts, we conducted 39 interviews to evaluate how individuals with

SUBMITTER: Sherman KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3906834 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature