Use and Effectiveness of a Model Integrative Care Clinic in an Academic Hospital: Study 1-Survey

Medical Care Clinical Trial

Official title:

Use and Effectiveness of a Model Integrative Care Clinic in an Academic Hospital: Study 1-Survey

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01353560
• Other study ID #: 1R01AT005065-01A1-1
• Secondary ID: 1R01AT005065-01A
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2011
• Last updated: June 12, 2017
• Start date: May 2011
• Est. completion date: October 2014

Study information

• Verified date: June 2017
• Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Despite widespread and growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the US, there currently exist significant gaps in our knowledge regarding CAM use, clinical effectiveness, safety and cost- effectiveness. With previous funding support from NCCAM, the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Osher Research Center established and trained a multidisciplinary integrative team of CAM and conventional providers to work collaboratively to provide state-of-the-art "integrative care" in a coordinated and individualized fashion. The Osher Integrative Care Center (OCC) was opened in fall 2007, physically located within the Ambulatory Care Center of the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) at 850 Boylston Street in Chestnut Hill, MA. The focus of this survey study is to characterize the decision-making process of both patients and conventional providers with respect to communication about and referral to an integrative care team in an academic hospital outpatient setting.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1509
• Est. completion date: October 2014
• Est. primary completion date: October 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• New patient coming into Osher Clinical Center for any medical reason.

• Physician affiliated with any of included division/department (see above).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient has been seen at Osher Clinical Center within past 3 months for any reason.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Medical Care

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Osher Clinical Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital	Chestnut Hill	Massachusetts

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Characterization of decision-making process for patients of CAM therapies and conventional providers	Surveys will be sent to: 1) 1500 consecutive new patients seen at the OCC over 3.5 years, to characterize the chief complaints; their medical history; referral sources; communication with their physicians; barriers to use of CAM; views regarding and previous use of CAM; and expectations for CAM therapy as adjuncts to their conventional care; 2) 300 BWH physicians from five divisions (Women's Health, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Medicine, and Rheumatology) most likely to refer to the OCC, to assess their use of, feelings about, and knowledge of CAM.	3.5 years