Report for: Manipulative therapies for infantile colic

Title	Manipulative therapies for infantile colic
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2012
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd004796.pub2
Pubmed ID	23235617
Authors	Dawn Dobson, Peter LBJ Lucassen, Joyce J Miller, Arine M Vlieger, Philip Prescott, George Lewith
Abstract	Infantile colic is a common disorder, affecting around one in six families, and in 2001 was reported to cost the UK National Health Service in excess of £65 million per year (Morris 2001). Although it usually remits by six months of age, there is some evidence of longer-term sequelae for both children and parents.Manipulative therapies, such as chiropractic and osteopathy, have been suggested as interventions to reduce the severity of symptoms.

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Country	Count	As %
Spain	26	20%
United Kingdom	15	12%
Netherlands	8	6%
Denmark	7	5%
United States	7	5%
Canada	6	5%
Italy	4	3%
Norway	2	2%
Mexico	2	2%
Other	6	5%
Unknown	47	36%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	103	79%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	14	11%
Scientists	10	8%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	3	2%

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Country	Count	As %
Netherlands	2	<1%
Canada	2	<1%
Australia	1	<1%
Spain	1	<1%
United States	1	<1%
Unknown	382	98%

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Student > Master	69	18%
Student > Bachelor	53	14%
Researcher	42	11%
Student > Ph. D. Student	26	7%
Student > Postgraduate	25	6%
Other	81	21%
Unknown	93	24%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	136	35%
Nursing and Health Professions	62	16%
Psychology	21	5%
Social Sciences	14	4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	13	3%
Other	45	12%
Unknown	98	25%

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