BraveNet Integrative Medicine Descriptive Study

NCT00636779 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pro00006850
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 4,340
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 8

Brief Summary

The Bravewell Integrative Medicine Research Network (BraveNet) is a newly formed practice-based research network of nine leading integrative medicine centers around the U.S. collaborating in clinical outcomes research to increase the knowledge and evidence-base of integrative medicine.

Conditions

Healthy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Describe the patients seeking care at Integrative Medicine centers, in terms of:a.demographics, presenting symptoms, health conditions, type of care sought, and expectations for treatment; b.quality of life, mood, stress; and c.lifestyle factors.

  Once per patient

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Explore potential patterns within the sample [e.g., do the survey scores vary by demographics, by condition, by type patient (new vs return), by type of help sought, etc.]and utilize data as pilot data for future studies and funding opportunities.

  Once all surveys have been entered into the EDC system

Study Arms (1)

1

Up to five hundred eligible patients seen at each of the nine participating Integrative Medicine Centers will be approached (by mail, phone, at the time of their visit, etc.) and invited to consent to the paper and pencil study.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

500 patients from each of the nine participating Integrative Medicine Centers who are seeing any type of clinicial on the day of their visit.

You may qualify if:

• Age: At least 18 years of age.
• Patient Status: Participants are eligible if seen individually by any type of clinician on the day of the visit.
• English or Spanish Literacy: Ability to read and write English or Spanish as confirmed by the site personnel and ability to provide informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects will be excluded from this study if any of the following criteria apply:
• Cognitive Impairment: A subject will not be eligible if he/she has a history of psychiatric disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or other conditions which will limit the validity of providing informed consent to participate in the study.
• Inability to read and write in English or Spanish.
• Participating only in educational Center activities, not as a clinical patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duke University: lead
• The Bravewell Collaborative: collaborator
• Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine: collaborator
• Allina Health System: collaborator
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine: collaborator
• University of California, San Francisco: collaborator
• University of Maryland: collaborator
• The Continuum Center for Health and Healing: collaborator
• Thomas Jefferson University: collaborator
• Venice Family Clinic: collaborator

Study Sites (8)

Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine

La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

Location

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

Location

Venice Family Clinic

Santa Monica, California, 90405, United States

Location

University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, 21207, United States

Location

Penny George Institute for Health and Healing

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States

Location

Duke Integrative Medicine

Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

Location

Alliance Center for Integrative Medicine

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236, United States

Location

Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Rowena Dolor, MD

  Duke Clinical Research Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ruth Wolever, PhD

  Duke Integrative Medicine Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 9, 2008
• First Posted: March 14, 2008
• Study Start: March 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2011
• Study Completion: June 1, 2011
• Last Updated: June 14, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-06

Locations

US (8)