PMID- 31964999
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200707
LR  - 20210120
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 2020 Jan 21
TI  - Introducing national osteopathy practice-based research networks in Australia and 
      New Zealand: an overview to inform future osteopathic research.
PG  - 846
LID - 10.1038/s41598-020-57918-7 [doi]
LID - 846
AB  - Both the Osteopathic Research Innovation Network (ORION) and the Osteopathy 
      Research Connect-New Zealand (ORC-NZ) are practice-based research networks 
      (PBRNs) recently established in Australia and New Zealand. This paper highlights 
      the profile of the osteopaths participating in each PBRN in order to encourage 
      and facilitate further related research in osteopathy. All registered osteopaths 
      in Australia and New Zealand were invited to participate in the ORION and ORC-NZ 
      PBRNs, respectively. This paper presents practice and sociodemographic 
      characteristics of the osteopaths that elected to join the PBRN in their country. 
      A total of 253 registered osteopaths in New Zealand (48.7%) agreed to join ORC-NZ 
      while 992 registered osteopaths in Australia (44.5%) joined ORION. Membership of 
      both PBRNs reflect national geographical spread, and diverse personal and 
      practice characteristics. Combined membership of both PBRNs represents 45.3% of 
      all registered osteopaths in Australasia and 7.7% of the global osteopathic 
      profession. The PBRNs, independently and in combination, hold much potential to 
      advance the evidence-base and capacity of osteopathy research. Both ORION and 
      ORC-NZ PBRNs are powerful, innovative resources available to other interested 
      parties to help conduct further osteopathy research in Australia and New Zealand.
FAU - Steel, Amie
AU  - Steel A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6643-9444
AD  - University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Australian Research Centre in 
      Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Ultimo, NSW, 2006, Australia. 
      amie.steel@uts.edu.au.
FAU - Peng, Wenbo
AU  - Peng W
AD  - University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Australian Research Centre in 
      Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Ultimo, NSW, 2006, Australia.
FAU - Sibbritt, David
AU  - Sibbritt D
AD  - University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Australian Research Centre in 
      Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Ultimo, NSW, 2006, Australia.
FAU - Adams, Jon
AU  - Adams J
AD  - University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Australian Research Centre in 
      Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Ultimo, NSW, 2006, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200121
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC6972961
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2020/01/23 06:00
MHDA- 2020/01/23 06:01
PMCR- 2020/01/21
CRDT- 2020/01/23 06:00
PHST- 2019/08/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/12/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/01/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/01/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/01/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/01/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-57918-7 [pii]
AID - 57918 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-57918-7 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 21;10(1):846. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57918-7.