Findings from a three-round Delphi study: essential topics for interprofessional training on complementary and integrative medicine

Homberg, Angelika; Klafke, Nadja; Loukanova, Svetla; Glassen, Katharina

doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03140-x

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Table 4 Relevance groups for treatment reasons concerning CIM

From: Findings from a three-round Delphi study: essential topics for interprofessional training on complementary and integrative medicine

Rating Question^a *Please assess the topics in terms of their relevance for an interprofessional teaching program*	Consensus^b
Group 1: Highly relevant^c
Reasons for seeking care
Fatigue, exhaustion, general weakness	83
Generalized pain, pain at multiple localizations	81
Insomnia	81
Back pain	80
Disease patterns
Irritable bowel syndrome	80
Group 2: Relevant^d
Reasons for seeking care
Headache	90
Fear and anxiety	84
Pain in the extremities and joints	84
Complaints without identifiable physical cause	83
Disease patterns
Chronic back pain	93
Burnout	90
Migraine	86
Depression	83
Menopause, climacteric (menopause)	83
Anxiety disorders	80
Patient groups
Oncology, survivors: Support for cancer-related fatigue	93
Oncological patients: Support during radiation	81
Oncological patients: Support after surgery	80
Oncological patients: Support for complaints caused by chemotherapy	80
Group 3: Partially relevant^e
Reasons for seeking care
Abnormal menstrual periods and cycle irregularities	87
Disease patterns
Obesity	94
Metabolic syndrome	89
Fibromyalgia syndrome	87
Atopic eczema/neurodermatitis	84
Chronic and acute bronchitis	84
Arthrosis	83
Chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases	83
Essential hypertension	82
Bronchial asthma	81
Arthritis (inflammation of the joints)	81
Infections of the kidney and urinary tract (e.g. cystitis)	80
Diabetes mellitus type 2	80
Patient groups
Healthy: Support for the development of self- and health competence	90
Group 4: Not relevant^f
Reasons for seeking care
Cough	77
Fever	71
High-risk pregnancy and pregnancy problems like hyperemesis (vomiting)	70
Sore throat	69
Pregnancy (without known symptoms)	61
Disease patterns
Allergic rhino conjunctivitis/allergic rhinosinusitis (hay fever)	72
Diabetes mellitus type 1	61
Patient groups
Pediatrics: Pediatric diseases	76
Puerperium: Support during breastfeeding, milk congestion	76
Puerperium: Support for regression	75
Injuries and wounds: Support of the healing process	74
Healthy: Support for susceptibility to infection	74

Note. Results from the third Delphi round (n = 36). ^aSeven-point Likert scale (7 = very relevant, 1 = not at all relevant); ^bPercentage of ratings on Likert scale 6–7 in Group 1, 5–7 in Group 2, and Likert scale 4–7 in Group 3 and 4; ^cTopics are assigned to Group 1 if at least 80% of the respondents gave a rating of 6–7 on the Likert scale; ^dTopics are assigned to Group 2 if at least 80% of respondents gave a rating of 4–7 on the Likert scale; ^eTopics are assigned to Group 3 if at least 80% of respondents gave a rating of 4–7 on the Likert scale; ^fTopics are assigned to Group 4 if < 80% of respondents gave a rating of 4-7 on the Likert scale.

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