Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32551797›Full record

ArticleJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2020

International Cross-Sectional Study on the Effectiveness of Okada Purifying Therapy, a Biofield Therapy, for the Relief of Various Symptoms.

Kiyoshi Suzuki, Seiya Uchida, Tomoaki Kimura, Hideaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Katamura

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Article in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kiyoshi SuzukiGeneral Incorporated Foundation MOA Health Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
Seiya UchidaGeneral Incorporated Foundation MOA Health Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoaki KimuraGeneral Incorporated Foundation MOA Health Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
Hideaki TanakaGeneral Incorporated Foundation MOA Health Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi KatamuraGeneral Incorporated Foundation MOA Health Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
Health Research Foundation · CARyoka Systems (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMind-Body TherapiesPainPatient SatisfactionQuality of LifeResearch DesignTreatment Outcomeadverse eventsbiofield therapyeffectivenessenergy healingethnicityinternational study

Identifiers

PMID32551797
PMCPMC7410282
OpenAlexW3036061176

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Registered trials

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