ArticleAcupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society2012
Group acupuncture for knee pain: evaluation of a cost-saving initiative in the health service.
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- Individual vs. Group Delivery of Acupuncture Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Urban Primary Care-a Randomized Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Trial
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- The Role of Research in Guiding Treatment for Women's Health: A Qualitative Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncturists.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Group Acupuncture Therapy With Yoga Therapy for Chronic Neck, Low Back, and Osteoarthritis Pain in Safety Net Setting for an Underserved Population: Design and Rationale for a Feasibility Pilot.Global advances in health and medicine · 2020Article
- Group versus Individual Acupuncture (AP) for Cancer Pain: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- PROCESS AND SYSTEMS: A systems approach to embedding group consultations in the NHS.Future healthcare journal · 2019Article
- How Do You TreatMedical acupuncture · 2017Article
- Western medical acupuncture in a group setting for knee osteoarthritis: results of a pilot randomised controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2016Article
- "I Felt Like It Was God's Hands Putting the Needles In": A Qualitative Analysis of the Experience of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in a Low-Income, Ethnically Diverse, and Medically Underserved Patient Population.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- A brief patient-reported outcome instrument for primary care: German translation and validation of the Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP).Health and quality of life outcomes · 2014Article
- Patient perspectives on care received at community acupuncture clinics: a qualitative thematic analysis.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2013Article
- Group Acupuncture Therapy With Yoga Therapy for Chronic Neck, Low Back, and Osteoarthritis Pain in Safety Net Settings for an Underserved Population: A Feasibility Pilot Study.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAcupuncture has been provided in nurse-led group clinics in St Albans since 2008. It is funded by a commissioning group within the National Health Service, on a trial basis, for patients with knee osteoarthritis who would otherwise be referred to an orthopaedic surgeon.
aimTo evaluate the patients seen in the service's first year of operation and their outcome up to the end of 2010.
methodsService evaluation was made of patient data from the referral centre and the acupuncture clinics, including baseline characteristics, attendance data and Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP) symptom, function and well-being scores over at least 2 years.
results114 patients were offered acupuncture, of whom 90 patients were assessed in the acupuncture clinics. 41 of these were still attending after 1 year and 31 (34%) after 2 years. MYMOP scores showed clinically significant improvements at 1 month for pain (4.2 (SD 1.2) to 2.9 (SD 1.4)), stiffness (4.1 (SD 1.3) to 2.9 (SD 1.3)) and function (4.5 (SD 1.1) to 3.3 (SD 1.2)) which continued up to 2 years. Well-being scores did not change.
conclusionsThis is the first evaluation of nurse-led group (multibed) acupuncture clinics for patients with knee osteoarthritis to include a 2 year follow-up. It shows the practicability of offering a low-cost acupuncture service as an alternative to knee surgery and the service's success in providing long-term symptom relief in about a third of patients. Using realistic assumptions, the cost consequences for the local commissioning group are an estimated saving of £100 000 a year. Sensitivity analyses are presented using different assumptions.
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