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AM medication, non-AM adjunctive therapies, health service use, and sick leave days |
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Pre-study year |
0–12 months |
12–24 months |
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| Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Median difference (95%-CI) from pre-study year |
P value |
Mean (SD) |
Median difference (95%-CI) from pre-study year |
P value |
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| AM medicines per day |
0.29 (0.68) |
0.78 80.92) |
0.47 (0.36 to 0.59) |
p < 0.001 |
0.47 (0.85) |
0.17 (0.09 to 0.26) |
p < 0.001 |
| Non-AM medicines per day |
0.69 (1.10) |
0.82 (1.01) |
0.12 (0.04 to 0.22) |
p = 0.005 |
0.68 (0.90) |
0.04 (-0.05 to 0.15) |
p = 0.447 |
| Physician and dentist visits |
15.23 (15.27) |
16.64 (13.53) |
1.69 (0.19 to 2.99) |
p = 0.006 |
14.84 (14.35) |
-0.78 (-2.43 to 1.00) |
p = 0.698 |
| Paraclinical investigations |
5.16 (5.91) |
5.85 (7.52) |
0.00 (-0.50 to 1.00) |
p = 0.665 |
4.34 (5.32) |
-0.98 (-1.50 to -0.08) |
p = 0.011 |
| Hospital days |
4.68 (16.25) |
1.77 (5.82) |
-2.50 (-8.00 to 1.00) |
p = 0.123 |
3.04 (19.92) |
-2.50 (-5.50 to 0.00) |
p = 0.046 |
| Rehabilitation days |
0.89 (5.05) |
1.74 (6.75) |
7.00 (0.00 to 14.48) |
p = 0.041 |
0.67 (3.43) |
-0.62 (-0.90 to -0.56) |
p = 0.008 |
| Surgeries |
0.21 (0.51) |
0.17 (0.49) |
0.00 (-0.50 to 0.00) |
p = 0.342 |
0.14 (0.40) |
-0.34 (-0.46 to 0.07) |
p = 0.494 |
| Physiotherapy and ergotherapy sessions |
9.25 (25.98) |
11.28 (34.02) |
1.50 (-2.50 to 6.00) |
p = 0.541 |
9.88 (25.95) |
0.22 (-3.59 to 5.10) |
p = 0.885 |
| Psychotherapy sessions |
2.50 (8.04) |
3.12 (9.06) |
3.50 (0.50 to 7.42) |
p = 0.023 |
3.58 (9.88) |
2.78 (1.72 to 6.52) |
p = 0.007 |
| Sick leave days* |
22.42 (44.79) |
27.61 (71.91) |
1.24 (-7.50 to 9.00) |
p = 0.748 |
26.39 (62.96) |
0.50 (-7.00 to 8.18) |
p = 0.823 |
| Patients with Heilpraktiker visit (n + %)** |
21/143 (14.7%) |
18/143 (12.6%) |
p = 0.571 |
22/143 (15.4%) |
p = 1.000 |
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Patients enrolled after 1 Jan 1999 with at least 3 of 5 follow-ups (n = 182). *Patients engaged in economic activity (n = 80). **Patients with complete data for all time periods. | |||||||
Hamre et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:10 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-10 |
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