TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the adult and child complementary medicine questionnaires fielded on the National Health Interview Survey
AU - Stussman, Barbara J.
AU - Bethell, Christina D.
AU - Gray, Caroline
AU - Nahin, Richard L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the participants in NCCAM’s September 2010 Think Tank for their invaluable insights and guidance. We thank D. Lee Alekel, Alexandra Belcher, Kirsten Bondalapati, Laura Lee Johnson, Wendy Weber, and Jennifer Peregoy for their helpful feedback on this article. We thank Cambria Wilhelm for her excellent assistance. BJS and RLN were employees of the federal government during the planning, analysis, and writing of this manuscript and performed their work as part of their official duties. No outside financial support was provided. CDB’s work on this project was supported by NIH/NCCAM grant 1 R21 AT004960. CG was employed by the federal government during the planning and analysis of this manuscript and received no financial support during the writing of the manuscript. The findings and conclusions of this report are those of the authors and collaborators and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the Oregon Health & Sciences University, School of Medicine, or the Palo Alto Medical Center, Health Policy Research Institute.
PY - 2013/11/23
Y1 - 2013/11/23
N2 - The 2002, 2007, and 2012 complementary medicine questionnaires fielded on the National Health Interview Survey provide the most comprehensive data on complementary medicine available for the United States. They filled the void for large-scale, nationally representative, publicly available datasets on the out-of-pocket costs, prevalence, and reasons for use of complementary medicine in the U.S. Despite their wide use, this is the first article describing the multi-faceted and largely qualitative processes undertaken to develop the surveys. We hope this in-depth description enables policy makers and researchers to better judge the content validity and utility of the questionnaires and their resultant publications.
AB - The 2002, 2007, and 2012 complementary medicine questionnaires fielded on the National Health Interview Survey provide the most comprehensive data on complementary medicine available for the United States. They filled the void for large-scale, nationally representative, publicly available datasets on the out-of-pocket costs, prevalence, and reasons for use of complementary medicine in the U.S. Despite their wide use, this is the first article describing the multi-faceted and largely qualitative processes undertaken to develop the surveys. We hope this in-depth description enables policy makers and researchers to better judge the content validity and utility of the questionnaires and their resultant publications.
KW - Cognitive interviewing
KW - Complementary medicine
KW - Complementary therapies
KW - National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
KW - Questionnaire development
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U2 - 10.1186/1472-6882-13-328
DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-13-328
M3 - Letter
C2 - 24267412
AN - SCOPUS:84887882817
SN - 1472-6882
VL - 13
JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
JF - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
M1 - 328
ER -