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Research type:	Primary Research (e.g. trial)
Title (lead author) etc:	Acupuncture of chronic headache disorders in primary care: randomised controlled trial and economic analysis (Vickers) 50 pages, Volume 8, number 48
DOI	10.3310/hta8480
View/print executive summary View/print abstract View full text in pdf format (377 KB) Buy a printed version of this title - cost £20.00 each. [How to order] This title is available on our CD-ROM of the journal. Order a CD-ROM - free of charge worldwide. Outputs from this project Vickers, A; Rees, R; Zollman, C; Smith, C; Ellis, N. Acupuncture for migraine and headache in primary care: a protocol for a pragmatic, randomized trial. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 1999; 7(1): 3-18. McCarney, R; Vickers, A; Fisher, P; van, Haselen R. Accruing large numbers of patients in primary care trials by retrospective recruitment methods. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2002; 10(2): 63-68. Vickers, J; Vickers, D; McCarney, R. Use of a single global assessment to reduce missing data in a long-term clinical trial. Controlled Clinical Trials 2003; 24(6): 731-735. Wonderling, D; Vickers, AJ; Grieve, R; McCarney, R. Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care. British Medical Journal 2004; 328(7442):747-749. Vickers, AJ; Rees, RW; Zollman, CE; McCarney, R; Smith, C; Ellis, N; Fisher, P; Van, Haselen R. Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care: a large, pragmatic, randomised trial. British Medical Journal 2004; 328(7442):744-741.
Project ref:	96/40/15
Original project title:	Acupuncture for migraine and headache in primary care: a pragmatic, randomised trial
Chief Investigator:	Dr Andrew Vickers, Associate Attending Research Methodologist, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
Start Date:	October 1998
Date of publication in HTA journal series	November 2004
Cost:	£161,532
MeSH* index primary terms:	MIGRAINE Q-therapy; HEADACHE Q-therapy; ACUPUNCTURE (* = Medical Subject Headings)
MeSH* index secondary terms:	HUMAN; CLINICAL-TRIAL; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; PAIN-MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT-OUTCOME (* = Medical Subject Headings)
ISRCTN* number:	ISRCTN 96537534 (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN96537534*
NRR* number, if applicable:	N0484008750 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.
Project Protocol:	Project protocol not available
Printed copies of this title despatched:	121 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)
URL of this page:	http://www.hta.ac.uk/1083

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