Complementary and integrative healthcare for patients with mechanical low back pain in a U.S. hospital setting

Highlights • 14.2% of inpatients with mechanical low back pain received some form of complementary and integrative healthcare (CIH) within a hospital setting. • Most commonly delivered CIH services were massage (62.1%), relaxation techniques (42.0%) and acupuncture (25.7%). • Pain (45.1%), relaxatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Complementary therapies in medicine 2016-02, Vol.24, p.7-12
Hauptverfasser: Rhee, Taeho Greg, Leininger, Brent D, Ghildayal, Neha, Evans, Roni L, Dusek, Jeffery A, Johnson, Pamela Jo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • 14.2% of inpatients with mechanical low back pain received some form of complementary and integrative healthcare (CIH) within a hospital setting. • Most commonly delivered CIH services were massage (62.1%), relaxation techniques (42.0%) and acupuncture (25.7%). • Pain (45.1%), relaxation (17.5%), and comfort (8.2%) were the top three reasons for CIH visits.
ISSN:0965-2299
1873-6963
DOI:10.1016/j.ctim.2015.11.002