Methodology
Complementary Medicine Research Projects
Methodology
Completed projects (2)
A comparison of sensitivity to change of several outcome measures following treatment in a complementary medicine clinic.
Investigators: George Lewith/Michael Hyland
Status: Paper in submission – Hyland M, Lewith GT, Wheeler P. Measuring the outcome of Complementary and Alternative Medical (CAM) treatment: symptoms versus mood versus sense of coherence.
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The development of a validated questionnaire which evaluates attitudes to CAM and health beliefs, important potential covariates in evaluating outcome in clinical trials.
Investigators: Michael Hyland/George Lewith
Status: 3 papers published
1) Lewith GT, Hyland M, Shaw S. Do attitudes toward and beliefs about complementary medicine affect treatment outcomes? American Journal of Public Health. 2002; 92 (10): 1604-1606.
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2) Hyland ME, Lewith G, Westoby C. Developing a measure of attitudes: the holistic complementary and alternative medicine questionnaire. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2003; 11: 33-38.
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3) Bishop, F.L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G.T. (2005). Developing a measure of treatment beliefs: the complementary and alternative medicine beliefs inventory. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 13, 144-149.
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Development of an epidemiology core for identifying CAM prevalence
Investigators: Laurie Lachance/ Victor Hawthorne/ Sarah Brien/ Michael Hyland/ George Lewith
Status: Project completed and abstract published
Funding: None
Lachance L, Zick S, Hawthorne V, Brien S, Hyland ME, Lewith G, Verhoef M, Warber S. Delphi Process for Developing a Common Epidemiologic Core for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Prevalence (Abstract). Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2006;12(3): 55-6.