Investigation into why long term osteopathic patients continue to attend for treatment
Item
- Title
- Investigation into why long term osteopathic patients continue to attend for treatment
- Author(s)
- Austin Sue
- Abstract
- The objective of this study was to identify the reasons why long-term attendees return for osteopathic treatment over a long period, either to the same or to different osteopaths. It was hoped to look for shared patient characteristics, identification of which could then enable the osteopath to provide more tailored care. The design was a questionnaire-based survey handed out to long term patients by practicing osteopaths in the UK in order to produce quantitative data. The questionnaire was offered to 130 patients of West Yorkshire osteopaths between July and September 1998 and produced a total of 60 completed questionnaires. The results show that the long-term patients are predominantly female, over the age of thirty years, and are living with a partner; they also have a social support network. They are limited in what they can do physically and suffer moderate levels of pain, however their social and day-to-day activities are not greatly limited. Both their emotional state and quality of life could be better. Over half the patients suffer from back and neck dysfunction.
- Abstract
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 1999
- Date Submitted
- 11.8.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12220
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Patients-Treatment,Patient Satisfaction,Patients,Patient Attendance
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Austin Sue, “Investigation into why long term osteopathic patients continue to attend for treatment”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2242