From: Exploring integrative medicine for back and neck pain - a pragmatic randomised clinical pilot trial
Conventional care | Integrative care | Conventional vs. integrative care | ||||||
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Type of health resource | From % (n) | To % (n) | Percent units | From % (n) | To % (n) | Percent units | Diff. | P OR (95% CI) |
Prescription analgesics | 54.3% (19/35) | 40.0% (10/25) | -14.3 | 45.5% (20/44) | 19.4% (7/36) | -26.0 | -11.7 | 0.325 0.34 (0.0 to 3.0) |
Non-prescription analgesics | 57.1% (20/35) | 42.3% (11/26) | -14.8 | 63.4% (26/41) | 38.9% (14/36) | -24.5 | -9.7 | 0.703 0.67 (0.1 to 5.2) |
Conventional care | 61.1% (22/36) | 15.4% (4/26) | -45.7 | 65.1% (28/43) | 22.2% (8/36) | -42.9 | 2.8 | 0.720 1.38 (0.2 to 8.0) |
Complementary care | 25.7% (9/35) | 33.3% (8/24) | 7.6 | 19.5% (8/41) | 19.4% (7/36) | -0.1 | 7.5 | 0.762 0.75 (0.1 to 4.8) |