3201.0 Current Research in Chiropractic II

Monday, October 27, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
This is the second session highlighting current chiropractic related research. Presentations include work on outcome measures, predictors of patient improvement and adverse effects. Patient compliance to health promotion advice will also be discussed.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the theoretical process in which clinician-based outcomes assessments and health services outcome measures are created. 2. Identify significant patient-related and provider-related predictors of patient improvement after short term chiropractic care 3. Recognize the sources and trends of PubMed articles reporting adverse effects associated with chiropractic care
Moderator:

12:30 PM
Chiropractor's role and patient compliance to health promotion advice: User's perspective
Harrison T. Ndetan, MSc, MPH, DrPH, Sejong Bae, PhD, Martha Felini, DC, PhD, Marion Willard Evans, DC, PhD, CHES, Ronald Rupert, MS, DC and Karan P. Singh, PhD
1:10 PM
Outcome Measures in Chiropractic Research: How Do We Choose Health Services Clinician-based Measures?
Raheleh Khorsan, MA, Ian Coulter, PhD, Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, CHES and Christine Goertz Choate, DC, PhD
1:30 PM
Predictors of patient improvement after 30 days of chiropractic care
Steven Delaronde, MPH, MSW and Tino Villani, DC

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing