ArticleJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2018
The Use of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System and the RAND VSQ9 to Measure the Quality of Life and Visit-Specific Satisfaction of Pregnant Patients Under Chiropractic Care Utilizing the Webster Technique.
Article in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Estimating individual health-related quality of life changes in low back pain patients.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- The importance of setting and therapeutic relationships when delivering chiropractic care to those living with disadvantage.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Observational
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- Assessing the feasibility of using an electronic records database system in use in a group of private chiropractic clinics for practice-based research.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2021Article
- Exploratory factor analysis of PROMIS-29 V1.0, PROMIS Global Health and the RAND SF-36 from chiropractic responders attending care in a practice-based research network.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo quantify the quality of life (QoL) and visit-specific satisfaction of pregnant women.
designA prospective cohort within a practice-based research network (PBRN). Setting/Locations: Individual chiropractic offices. SUBJECTS: Pregnant women (age ≥18 years) attending chiropractic care. INTERVENTION(S): Chiropractic care (i.e., The Webster Technique, spinal adjustments, and adjunctive therapies).
main outcome measuresThe RAND VSQ9 to measure visit-specific satisfaction and the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS
resultsA convenience sample of 343 pregnant patients (average age = 30.96 years) comprised their study population. They were highly educated with 75% attaining a 2-year associate's degree or higher. The pregnant patients presented for chiropractic care with a mean week of gestation of 25.67 weeks (median = 28 weeks; range = 0-42 weeks) and parity (i.e., the number of live births) of 0.92 live births (median = 1; range = 0-6). From baseline (i.e., at study entrance with minimum first visit) and comparative (i.e., following a course of chiropractic care), the VSQ9 measurements revealed increasingly high satisfaction on the part of the subjects (i.e., the mean difference of baseline minus comparative measures = -0.7322; p < 0.005). The median number of visits (i.e., visits attended) at baseline and comparative measures was 1.00 (standard deviation [SD] = 22.69) and 3.30 (SD = 22.71), respectively. Across outcomes, QoL improved from baseline to comparative measurement after holding constant for visit number and time lapse, trimester of pregnancy, and care provider type. There was a reduction in mean T scores associated with fatigue (p < 0.05), pain interference (p < 0.05), sleep disturbance (p < 0.05), and an improvement in satisfaction with social roles (p < 0.05). A significant decrease was also found with pain interference (p < 0.05). No evidence was found that anxiety (p = 0.1404) or depression (p = 0.8785) changed.
conclusionA PBRN study was successfully implemented among chiropractors to find pregnant patients highly satisfied and their QoL scores improving with care beyond chance.
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