Does dissatisfaction with physicians lead patients to alternative practitioners?
Complementary therapies
Cross-sectional studies
Decision making
France
Health personnel
Patient satisfaction
Journal
Complementary therapies in clinical practice
ISSN: 1873-6947
Titre abrégé: Complement Ther Clin Pract
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101225531
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
10
10
2019
revised:
24
01
2020
accepted:
27
01
2020
entrez:
8
5
2020
pubmed:
8
5
2020
medline:
2
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To test the dissatisfaction hypothesis by focusing on the use of CAM practitioners by low back pain patients. Moreover, we have distinguished between the complementary use and the alternative use of a CAM practitioner to medical care. We conducted a cross-sectional study of a sample of 2,056 adults living in metropolitan France. The likelihood of the alternative use of a CAM practitioner decreased with increasing satisfaction with the general practitioner (OR: 0.990, 95% CI 0.984-0.996). The likelihood of the complementary use of a CAM practitioner (excluding osteopaths) decreased with increasing satisfaction with medical care (OR: 0.984, 95% CI 0.972-0.996). Our results support the dissatisfaction hypothesis to explain the use of CAM practitioners for low back pain, whether this use is alternative or complementary to medical care. However, concerning the complementary use, our study shows that this hypothesis is invalid for osteopaths.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32379649
pii: S1744-3881(19)30994-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101109
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
101109Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest All authors declare no competing interests.