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Bringing Chiropractic to Durri; an Evaluation of Quality of Life and Well-being in a Rural Community before and after Chiropractic Treatment

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posted on 2024-11-02, 20:38 authored by Flora-Joan van Rotterdam, Corrado VindigniCorrado Vindigni
Objective: To evaluate patient-centred health outcomes of a Chiropractic program established in the Kempsey rural Community in NSW, Australia. Scope: The broader health outcomes of a Chiropractic program were evaluated by validated patient-centred self-report survey tools (Euroqual and MYMOP). Methods: 102 subjects from Booroongen-Djugun aged-care facility and Durri Aboriginal Medical Service participated in this study and of these 13 participated in an interview. Results: The most frequent presentation in the Kempsey Community Survey of Muscle, Joint and Bone Conditions (KMS) involved more than one region of the body, and scores indicated that the average duration of presenting problems was between 3 months and 1 year. Scores obtained for each of the 5 domains of the Euroqual demonstrate that the problems that participants in this study identified significantly impacted on their quality of life. The difference in profile scores of the MyMOP from Time 1 to Time 2 indicates that patients had a significant change in their symptomatology due to chiropractic treatment. Conclusion: The findings from this study indicate the need to build a sustainable, ongoing chiropractic service that specifically responds to the needs of the rural Community it serves.

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Journal

International Journal of Nursing and Health Care

Volume

5

Issue

6

Start page

1

End page

8

Total pages

8

Publisher

Gavin Publishers

Place published

United States

Language

English

Copyright

© Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License

Former Identifier

2006116319

Esploro creation date

2023-01-30

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