Complementary Medicine Research Projects
A qualitative synthesis of the use and benefit of complementary and alternative medicine after a diagnosis of cancer.
Investigators: Professor Nicky Britten and Dr Charlotte Paterson (Peninsula Medical School)/ George Lewith
Funding: Dimbleby Cancer Care
Status: Study completed, 1 paper in press
Smithson J, Paterson C, Britten N, Evans M, Lewith G. (IN PRESS) Cancer patients’ experiences of using complementary therapies: polarization and integration. (J Health Services Research & Policy).
Evidence for the efficacy of complementary and alternative medicines in the management of fibromyalgia, systematic review
Investigators: PV De Silva, A El-Metwally, E Ernst, G Lewith, GJ Macfarlane
Funding: This work was funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc)
Status: Study completed, 1 paper in press
De Silva PV, El-Metwally A, Ernst E, Lewith G, Macfarlane GJ. Evidence for the efficacy of complementary and alternative medicines in the management of fibromyalgia: a systematic review. (Rheumatology).
Reviews of CAM use in cancer
Investigators: Felicity Bishop, George Lewith, Erik von Elm and Philip Prescott
Status: Study completed, 1 paper in press
Bishop F, Prescott P, Chan YK, Saville J, von Elm E, Lewith GT. Prevalence of complementary medicine use in paediatric cancer: a systematic review. (Pediatrics)
Development of an International Questionnaire to Measure Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (I-CAM-Q)
Investigators: Quandt SA, Verhoef MJ, Arcury TA, Lewith GT, Steinsbekk A, Kristoffersen A, Wahner-Roedler D, Fonnebo V
Status: Study completed, 1 paper published
Quandt SA, Verhoef MJ, Arcury TA, Lewith GT, Steinsbekk A, Kristoffersen A, Wahner-Roedler D, Fonnebo V. Development of an International Questionnaire to Measure Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (I-CAM-Q). JACM. 2009; 15 (4): 331-339.
A study of the use of complementary and alternative therapies among people undergoing cancer treatment: a quantitative and qualitative study.
Investigators: Jessica Corner/Jackie Harewood/Sian Maslin-Prothero/George Lewith et al
Funded by: Department of Health (£98,936)
Status: Study completed and paper in submission –
Corner J, Yardley J, Maher EJ, Roffe E, Young T, Maslin-Prothero S, Gwillim C, Haviland J, Lewith G. Patterns of complementary therapy (CAM) use among patients undergoing cancer treatment. Eur J Cancer Care. 2009; 18: 271-279.