OBJECTIVE: To investigate @entity1 characteristics and outcomes after undergoing acupuncture treatment for @entity1643 ( @entity1643 ) in Germany and to analyze chronification, @entity158 grading, and @entity308 as predictors for treatment outcomes. @entity1 AND METHODS: @entity1 with @entity1643 (ICD-10 diagnoses M54.4 or M54.5) who underwent acupuncture therapy (mean number of sessions 8.7+/-2.9) within the framework of a reimbursement and research program sponsored by German statutory sickness funds were included in an observational study. @entity1 were asked to complete detailed questionnaires that included questions on intensity and frequency of @entity158 and instruments measuring functional ability, @entity308 , and quality of life (SF-36) before and after treatment and 6 months after beginning acupuncture. Participating physicians assessed @entity158 chronification in @entity1 . RESULTS: A total of 2564 @entity1 (mean age 57.7+/-14.0 y, 78.7% female), who were treated by 1607 physicians, were included in the main analysis. After 6 months (6-mo follow-up), 45.5% of @entity1 demonstrated clinically significant improvements in their functional ability scores. The mean number of days with @entity158 was decreased by half (from 21 to 10 d/mo). Employed @entity1 (employed @entity1 subgroup analysis) reported a 30% decrease from baseline in days of work lost. In all, 8.1% of @entity1 reported adverse events, the majority of which were minor. Subgroup analyses focusing on @entity158 severity, stage of chronification, and @entity308 revealed statistically significant relationships both to baseline measures and to reduction of @entity158 after acupuncture. CONCLUSIONS: Acupuncture treatment is associated with clinically relevant improvements in @entity1 suffering from @entity1643 of varying degrees of chronification and/or severity.

Acupuncture for XXXX in routine care: a multicenter observational study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity1643 :: ('MESH:D017116', 'Disease') :: ['chronic low back pain', 'cLBP'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity1643 :: (MESH:D017116,Disease) :: ['chronic low back pain']
