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Lessons from outside and within: Exploring advancements in methodology for naturopathic medicine clinical research
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Schloss, J and Mcintyre, E and Steel, A and Bradley, R and Harnett, J and Reid, R and Hawrelak, J and Goldenberg, J and Van De Venter, C and Cooley, K, Lessons from outside and within: Exploring advancements in methodology for naturopathic medicine clinical research, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 25, (2) pp. 135-140. ISSN 1075-5535 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2019 Janet Schloss et al. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI: doi:10.1089/acm.2018.0403
Abstract
Introduction: Naturopathy is a mixture of both traditional and complementary medicine. It incorporates a broad set of health care practices that may or may not be traditional to that country or conventional medicine and are not fully integrated into the dominant health care system. Research required to evaluate or substantiate naturopathic medicine may not fall under the testing of randomized clinical trials, which opens up discussions on what is the best practice for research in naturopathic medicine.
Discussion: Not only do advances in health research methodology offer important opportunities to progress naturopathic research, there are also areas where the unique characteristics of naturopathic philosophy and practice can impact other areas of health research. Some of the new advances in health research methodology involve whole-system research, pragmatic trials, template for intervention description and replication protocols for complex interventions, patient-centered care models, and the pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary tool for designing pragmatic trials. Discussion and critique of these health-related methodologies shows that these research methods are more suited for the philosophy and treatment options that naturopathy is based on.
Conclusions: Successful implementation of naturopathic research methodologies, and translation and dissemination of research will require a substantial paradigm shift in which naturopathic practitioners adopt a greater level of responsibility for developing an evidence base for naturopathic medicine.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | naturopathy, whole-system research, research methodology, patient centered, pragmatic tri |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine |
Research Field: | Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the health sciences |
UTAS Author: | Hawrelak, J (Dr Jason Hawrelak) |
ID Code: | 133815 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 7 |
Deposited By: | Pharmacy |
Deposited On: | 2019-07-11 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-10 |
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