OBJECTIVES: Health history questionnaires (HHQs) are a set of self-administered questions completed by @entity1 prior to a clinical encounter. Despite widespread use, minimal research has evaluated the content of HHQs used in general internal medicine and family medicine (GIM/FM), integrative medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM; chiropractic, naturopathic, and @entity1058 [ @entity1058 ]) clinics. Integrative medicine and CAM claim greater emphasis on well-being than does GIM/FM. This study investigated whether integrative medicine and CAM clinics' HHQs include more well-being content and otherwise differ from GIM/FM HHQs. METHODS: HHQs were obtained from GIM/FM (n   =   9), integrative medicine (n   =   11), naturopathic medicine (n   =   5), chiropractic (n   =   4), and @entity1058 (n   =   7) clinics in California. HHQs were coded for presence of medical history (chief complaint, past medical history, social history, family history, surgeries, hospitalizations, medications, @entity566 , review of systems), health maintenance procedures (immunization, screenings), and well-being components (nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, spirituality). RESULTS: In HHQs of GIM/FM clinics, the average number of well-being components was 1.4 (standard deviation [SD], 1.4) compared with 4.0 (SD, 1.1) for integrative medicine (p   <   0.01), 3.2 (SD, 2.1) for naturopathic medicine (p   =   0.04), 2.0 (SD, 1.4) for chiropractic (p   =   0.54), and 2.0 (SD, 1.5) for @entity1058 (p   =   0.47). In HHQs of GIM/FM clinics, the average number of medical history components was 6.4 (SD, 1.9) compared with 8.3 (SD, 1.2) for integrative medicine (p   =   0.01), 9.0 (SD, 0) for naturopathic medicine (p   =   0.01), 7.1 (SD, 2.8) for chiropractic (p   =   0.58), and 7.1 (SD, 1.7) for @entity1058 (p   =   0.41). CONCLUSIONS: Integrative and naturopathic medicine HHQs included significantly more well-being and medical history components than did GIM/FM HHQs. Further investigation is warranted to determine the optimal HHQ content to support the clinical and preventive health goals of general internal medicine, family medicine, integrative medicine, and CAM practices.

Comparison of XXXX Health History Questionnaires Used in General Internal and Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinics.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity566 :: ('MESH:D006967', 'Disease') :: ['allergies'] @entity1058 :: ('MESH:C562377', 'Disease') :: ['Traditional Chinese Medicine', 'TCM']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Patient']
