Table 7.

Patients' Rating of Therapy Outcome, Patient Satisfaction With Therapy

Groups		Therapy Outcome Rating			Satisfaction With therapy			Reference no.
		Mean	Sd	Na	Mean	Sd	Na
All patients		7.23	2.39	1275	7.94	2.20	1273	26
Age groups	Adults	7.33	2.33	556	8.01	2.16	558	77
	Children	7.12	2.56	370	7.87	2.27	371	27
Indications	Anxiety disorders	6.82	2.74	50	7.61	2.65	49	29
	Asthma	7.54	2.44	65	8.19	2.12	64	30
	Attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms	6.29	2.70	52	7.45	2.12	51	31
	Depression	7.54	1.76	74	7.92	1.86	74	31
	Low back painb
	-Anthroposophic therapy (AMOS)	7.28	2.31	29	7.62	2.30	29	38
	-Conventional therapy (control group)	5.58	2.55	26	6.50	2.39	26	38
	Migraine	7.33	2.42	33	7.72	2.05	32	33
Therapy modalities	Medical treatment
	-Prolonged consultations with anthroposophic physicians	7.21	2.64	182	7.81	2.45	182	34
	-Anthroposophic medicinal products	7.12	2.46	550	7.80	2.26	546	41
	Art therapy	7.52	1.95	132	8.23	1.79	133	35
	Eurythmy therapy	7.42	2.29	349	8.08	2.19	352	36
	Rhythmical massage therapy	7.50	2.34	62	8.18	2.08	62	37

Patients' ratings of therapy outcome (0 = no help at all, 10 = helped very much) and patient satisfaction with therapy (0 = very dissatisfied, 10 = very satisfied) at 6-month follow-up, analyzed in all patients and in different age, diagnosis, and therapy modality groups.

^aPatients who returned the 6-month follow-up questionnaire with evaluable responses to the respective item.

^bA nested prospective comparative nonrandomized study of patients with low back pain.³⁸