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Data on 5,750 patients: more than a third of patients with chronic pain turn to CAM for relief.(Clinical Rounds)
ORLANDO, FLA. -- The use of complementary and alternative medicine is common among patients with chronic pain, Dr. Carmen R. Green of the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, reported in a poster at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Dr. Green and her colleagues retrospectively analyzed data on 5,750 patients who had presented for initial assessment at the University of Michigan Pain Center between 1993 and 2000. The study cohort was 91% white and 61% female. The subjects' mean pain severity was 27 on the McGill Pain Questionnaire scale; the mean duration of pain at presentation was 52 months.
The investigators analyzed initial assessment data regarding the use of three types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): acupuncture, biofeedback and or relaxation training services, and manipulation. Overall, 35% of the patients used at least one of the three types, with 25% using biofeedback and/or relaxation, 13% using manipulation therapies, and 8% using acupuncture.
On average, patients who used acupuncture were older than those who didn't (mean age 49.8 years vs. 46.1 years), and those who ...
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