Complementary Medicine Research Projects
Medical Student Projects
Current projects (4)
Graham Lewis. Rate of response and quality of completion of back pain questionnaires in two formats – internet and postal. 2007/2008.
Philippa Lee. To pay or not to pay: patients’ experiences of acupuncture in the public and private sector. 2007/2008.
Yean Koon Chan. Systematic review of epidemiology of CAM use in cancer. 2007/2008
David Stevenson. Framework analysis of factors affecting patients’ use and integration of homeopathy and conventional medicine. 2007/2008.
Completed projects (22)
Emily Howells. A qualitative study investigating the factors which affect whether general practitioners prescribe complementary and alternative medicine on the NHS. 2005/06.
Kirsty Riggs. A qualitative study to observe how chronic patients taking conventional medication adhere to their regime when commencing CAM treatment and to elicit reasons for non-compliance. 2005/06.
Chiw Yeh Lim. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in self management of minor illness by Chinese students in Southampton. 2005/2006.
Emma Stevenson. Evaluating expectancy as a covariate of outcome in the treatment of painful conditions with acupuncture. 2005/2006.
Jemma Saville. Systematic literature review of CAM in cancer care. 2005/2006.
Sam Abdollahian. The development of a psychometrically sound questionnaire to adequately record patients’ needling sensation during acupuncture. 2005/2006.
Nadia Bashir. Systematic Review of the Nutritional Supplements Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Green Lipped Mussel in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis 2005. Two publications currently in submission. 2005
1) Brien S, Coghlan B, Bashir N, Lewith G. Systematic review of the nutritional supplement Perna canaliculus (Green Lipped Mussel) in the treatment of osteoarthritis. (Osteoarthritis and Cartilage).
2) Brien S, Prescott P, Bashir N, Lewith G. Systematic review of the nutritional supplement Dimethyl sulfoxide in the treatment of osteoarthritis
Henry Hardy. The development of a psychometrically sound questionnaire to adequately record patients’ needling sensation during acupuncture. 2005.
Amy Pike. A comparative evaluation of lavender and geranium aromatherapy oils in patients with mild to moderate insomnia. 2005.
Saman Chopra. Ergosterol as a marker of chronic Candida fungaemia and associated ill health. 2005.
Investigators: Michael Radcliffe/George Lewith.
Status: In submission - Radcliffe MJ, Chopra S, Lewith GT, Abraham N, Howarth PH, Prescott P. Elevation of Candida IgG antibodies in a sub-group of patients with medically unexplained symptoms. (Allergy).
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Rahul Sharma. A nested qualitative evaluation of acupuncture and pain. 2004
Anthony Dean Godfrey. A randomised controlled trial of lavender oil in sleep disturbance. 2003.
Investigators: George Lewith/Chris Alford
Status: Study completed – Paper published Lewith GT, Godfrey AD, Prescott P. A double-blind, randomised, pilot trial evaluating the aroma of Lavendula augustifolia as a treatment for mild insomnia. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2005; 11(4): 631-7.
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Helen Fagbemi. Patient perceptions of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic pain. 2003.
Catherine Westoby. The development of a health process questionnaire to evaluate attitudes to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): the Holistic Health Questionnaire. 2001.
Joyce Chan. An exploratory qualitative study investigating how patients evaluate complementary and conventional medicine. 2001.
Katie Harmsworth. Attitudes to complementary medicine in China. 1998.
Matthew Wheater. A systematic review of adverse reactions to herbal medicines. 1997.
Kathryn Goodyear. A double blind, randomised, controlled trial of homoeopathic proving. 1997.
Rachel Wood. A randomised, single blind, controlled trial of acupuncture and non-allergic rhinitis. 1997.
Andrew Davies. Acupuncture in non-allergic rhinitis: a controlled pilot study. 1995.
N’J Jawara. A double blind randomised controlled trial of homoeopathy on delayed onset muscle soreness. 1995.
Lucy Potter. Sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) and heart rate variability (HRV) in subjects exposed to ambient odour. 1995.