What do clinicians want? Interest in integrative health services at a North Carolina academic medical center.

Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088661 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6882 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726882 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Complement Altern Med Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-2019]

Attitude of Health Personnel*; Academic Medical Centers/*statistics & numerical data ; Complementary Therapies/*statistics & numerical data ; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/*trends; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Health Care Surveys ; Humans ; North Carolina ; Nurse Practitioners/statistics & numerical data ; Physician Assistants/statistics & numerical data ; Physicians/statistics & numerical data ; Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data

Background: Use of complementary medicine is common, consumer driven and usually outpatient focused. We wished to determine interest among the medical staff at a North Carolina academic medical center in integrating diverse therapies and services into comprehensive care.
Methods: We conducted a cross sectional on-line survey of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at a tertiary care medical center in 2006. The survey contained questions on referrals and recommendations in the past year and interest in therapies or services if they were to be provided at the medical center in the future.
Results: Responses were received from 173 clinicians in 26 different departments, programs and centers. There was strong interest in offering several specific therapies: therapeutic exercise (77%), expert consultation about herbs and dietary supplements (69%), and massage (66%); there was even stronger interest in offering comprehensive treatment programs such as multidisciplinary pain management (84%), comprehensive nutritional assessment and advice (84%), obesity/healthy lifestyle promotion (80%), fit for life (exercise and lifestyle program, 76%), diabetes healthy lifestyle promotion (73%); and comprehensive psychological services for stress management, including hypnosis and biofeedback (73%).
Conclusion: There is strong interest among medical staff at an academic health center in comprehensive, integrated services for pain, obesity, and diabetes and in specific services in fitness, nutrition and stress management. Future studies will need to assess the cost-effectiveness of such services, as well as their financial sustainability and impact on patient satisfaction, health and quality of life.

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