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Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research : Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis
Joint Authors
Hsiao, An-Fu
Khorsan, Raheleh
Coulter, Ian D.
Crawford, Cindy
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A systematic review was conducted to assess the level of evidence for integrative health care research.
We searched PubMed, Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED), BIOSIS Previews, EMBASE, the entire Cochrane Library, MANTIS, Social SciSearch, SciSearch Cited Ref Sci, PsychInfo, CINAHL, and NCCAM grantee publications listings, from database inception to May 2009, as well as searches of the “gray literature.” Available studies published in English language were included.
Three independent reviewers rated each article and assessed the methodological quality of studies using the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN 50).
Our search yielded 11,891 total citations but 6 clinical studies, including 4 randomized, met our inclusion criteria.
There are no available systematic reviews/meta-analyses published that met our inclusion criteria.
The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed independently using quality checklists of the SIGN 50.
Only a small number of RCTs and CCTs with a limited number of patients and lack of adequate control groups assessing integrative health care research are available.
These studies provide limited evidence of effective integrative health care on some modalities.
However, integrative health care regimen appears to be generally safe.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khorsan, Raheleh& Coulter, Ian D.& Crawford, Cindy& Hsiao, An-Fu. 2010. Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research : Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487023
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khorsan, Raheleh…[et al.]. Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research : Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487023
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khorsan, Raheleh& Coulter, Ian D.& Crawford, Cindy& Hsiao, An-Fu. Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research : Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2010. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487023
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487023