Hull et al. (2015), USA Cohort Poor Veterans with a pain or Complementary and Measure Yourself Medical, mental health (n = 226) alternative medicine Outcome Profile-2, Medical (CAM) program (iRest Outcomes Study Short Form-36, yoga, articular Insomnia Severity Index acupuncture, individual Defense and Veteran Pain Rating acupuncture, integrative Scales, Pain Disability health classes, gentle Questionnaire, Perceived Stress yoga, Qigong). Yearlong Scale, Beck Depression trial. Veterans encouraged IHW Program Demographics to attend as many sessions Questionnaire, Additional as they liked. Electronic Medical Data Findings: The results have suggested that service users did not differ substantially from nonusers, although a higher proportion of females used services, and Marines were less well represented among service users. With respect to demographic factors associated with the number of sessions attended by service users, only age appeared to have an effect, in that older individuals attended more services. Over the course of the yearlong trial, 165 veterans attended more than one session. Symptom severity was not associated with a specific pattern of service use. In general, the current results have provided further support for the inference that CAM Program services are appealing to a broad cross-section of veterans, but no relationship existed between attendance at a CAM session and improved wellbeing. Authors, year and design Quality Population including no. of Intervention Primary outcome measures country participants Niles et al. (2016), Cohort Poor Veterans with PTSD (n = 17) 4 session Tai Chi protocol. Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), USA Each session lasted 60 Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form minutes and was (BPI), Beck Depression Inventory conducted by 2 II (BDI-II) experienced Tai Chi instructors.
Hull et al. (2015), USA Cohort Poor Veterans with a pain or mental health (n = 226) Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) program (iRest yoga, articular acupuncture, individual acupuncture, integrative health classes, gentle yoga, Qigong). Yearlong trial. Veterans encouraged to attend as many sessions as they liked. Measure Yourself Medical, Outcome Profile-2, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36, Insomnia Severity Index Defense and Veteran Pain Rating Scales, Pain Disability Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Beck Depression IHW Program Demographics Questionnaire, Additional Electronic Medical Data Findings: The results have suggested that service users did not differ substantially from nonusers, although a higher proportion of females used services, and Marines were less well represented among service users. With respect to demographic factors associated with the number of sessions attended by service users, only age appeared to have an effect, in that older individuals attended more services. Over the course of the yearlong trial, 165 veterans attended more than one session. Symptom severity was not associated with a specific pattern of service use. In general, the current results have provided further support for the inference that CAM Program services are appealing to a broad cross-section of veterans, but no relationship existed between attendance at a CAM session and improved wellbeing. Authors, year and country design Quality Population including no. of participants Intervention Primary outcome measures Niles et al. (2016), USA Cohort Poor Veterans with PTSD (n = 17) 4 session Tai Chi protocol. Each session lasted 60 minutes and was conducted by 2 experienced Tai Chi instructors. Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form (BPI), Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II)
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