Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32821795›Full record

ArticleJournal of patient experience2020

Experiences With Chiropractic Care for Patients With Low Back or Neck Pain.

Ron D Hays, Cathy D Sherbourne, Karen L Spritzer, Lara G Hilton, Gery W Ryan, Ian D Coulter, Patricia M Herman

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of patient experience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
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

7 authors.

Ron D HaysDivision of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-907X
Cathy D SherbourneRAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Karen L SpritzerDivision of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Lara G HiltonRAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Gery W RyanRAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Ian D CoulterRAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Patricia M HermanRAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA.

Funding

Systematic Review Core (SRC)/Ian D. CoulterU19AT007912 · NCCIH · RAND CORPORATION · PI COULTER, IAN DOUGLASS, HERMAN, PATRICIA M · 2013 to 2017
$8.5M
NCCIH NIH HHS U19 AT007912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMusculoskeletal disorders are the second leading cause of disability worldwide.

objectiveExamine experiences of chiropractic patients in the United States with chronic low back or neck pain.

methodObservational study of 1853 chronic low back pain and neck pain patients (74% female) who completed an online questionnaire at the 3-month follow-up that included Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) items assessing their experiences with care.

resultsWe found similar reports of communication for the chiropractic sample and patients in the 2016 CAHPS National Database, but 85% in the database versus 79% in the chiropractic sample gave the most positive response to the time spent with provider item. More patients in the CAHPS database rated their provider at the top of the scale (8 percentage points). More chiropractic patients reported always getting answers to questions the same day (16 percentage points) and always being seen within 15 minutes of their appointment time (29 percentage points).

conclusionsThe positive experiences of patients with chronic back and neck pain are supportive of their use of chiropractic care.

Indexed as

CAHPSchiropracticchronic painpatient experience

Identifiers

PMID32821795
PMCPMC7410126

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.