Journal article
Expectancy after the first treatment and response to acupuncture for menopausal hot flashes
CC Ee, S Thuraisingam, MV Pirotta, SD French, CC Xue, HJ Teede
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background: Evidence on the impact of expectancy on acupuncture treatment response is conflicting. Objectives: This secondary analysis of a randomized sham-controlled trial on acupuncture for menopausal hot flashes investigated whether treatment expectancy score was associated with hot flash score at end-of-treatment. Secondary analyses investigated whether there were associations between other pre-specified factors and hot flash score. Study design: Women experiencing moderately-severe hot flashes were randomized to receive 10 sessions of real or sham acupuncture over eight weeks. Hot flash score was collected using a seven-day hot flash diary, and expectancy using the modified Credibility ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
CE was supported by an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship, HT by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship, MP by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. The main study was funded by a Project Grant 1004006 from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (www.nhmrc.gov.au). SDF is supported by a Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation Professorship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.CE was supported by an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship, HT by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship, MP by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. SDF is supported by a Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation Professorship.