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| Title |
Understanding the role of scientific evidence in consumer evaluation of natural health products for osteoarthritis an application of the means end chain approach
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-12-198 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Teresa Tsui, Heather Boon, Andreas Boecker, Natasha Kachan, Murray Krahn |
| Abstract |
Over 30% of individuals use natural health products (NHPs) for osteoarthritis-related pain. The Deficit Model for the Public Understanding of Science suggests that if individuals are given more information (especially about scientific evidence) they will make better health-related decisions. In contrast, the Contextual Model argues that scientific evidence is one of many factors that explain how consumers make health-related decisions. The primary objective was to investigate how the level of scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of NHPs impacts consumer decision-making in the self-selection of NHPs by individuals with osteoarthritis. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 27% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 63 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Turkey | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 58 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 13% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 13 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 11% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 17 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 February 2021.
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#206
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#8,298
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#9
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