Acupuncture or low frequency infrared treatment for low back pain in Chinese patients: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT: Acupuncture is a popular but controversial treatment option for low back pain. In China, it is practised as traditional Chinese medicine; other treatment strategies for low back pain are commonly practised as Western medicine. Research on patient preference for low back-pain treatment options has been mainly conducted in Western countries and is limited to a willingness-to-pay approach. A stated-preference, discrete choice experiment was conducted to determine Chinese patient preferences and trade-offs for acupuncture and low frequency infrared treatment in low back pain from September 2011 to August 2012 after approval from the Department of Scientific Research in the study settings. Eight-six adult outpatients who visited the 'traditional medicine department' at a traditional Chinese med

SUBMITTER: Chen LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4447362 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature