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Area of Science:

  • Integrative Medicine
  • Complementary Therapies
  • Qualitative Research

Background:

  • The Integrative Medicine (I-MED) Index was developed to assess five levels of healing.
  • It was based on the hypothesis of healing (HH), assuming a uniform healing process.
  • Pilot testing revealed patient experiences did not align with the HH assumptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how patients experience healing.
  • To identify key outcomes patients associate with their healing journey.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted 35 in-depth, semistructured interviews with individuals with prior healing experiences.
  • Utilized qualitative content analysis and thematic coding for data analysis.

Main Results:

  • Identified four themes: healing is personal, a return to wholeness, self-directed, and experienced in varying degrees.
  • Key outcomes included symptom resolution, goal attainment, improved social support, mental outlook, and changed life engagement.
  • Found healing to be an individualized process, contradicting the uniform pattern suggested by the HH.

Conclusions:

  • Lack of consensus on healing concepts impedes evaluation of complementary therapies.
  • Study results provide a foundation for a new instrument to assess dynamic healing experiences.