Title |
Chiropractor interaction and treatment equivalence in a pilot randomized controlled trial: an observational analysis of clinical encounter video-recordings
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Published in |
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/s12998-014-0042-7 |
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Authors |
Stacie A Salsbury, James W DeVocht, Maria A Hondras, Michael B Seidman, Clark M Stanford, Christine M Goertz |
Abstract |
Chiropractic care is a complex health intervention composed of both treatment effects and non-specific, or placebo, effects. While doctor-patient interactions are a component of the non-specific effects of chiropractic, these effects are not evaluated in most clinical trials. This study aimed to: 1) develop an instrument to assess practitioner-patient interactions; 2) determine the equivalence of a chiropractor's verbal interactions and treatment delivery for participants allocated to active or sham chiropractic groups; and 3) describe the perceptions of a treatment-masked evaluator and study participants regarding treatment group assignment. |
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