| Challenges in systematic reviews of complementary and alternative medicine topics. | |
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PMID: 15968028 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues to grow in the United States. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has devoted a substantial proportion of the Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) program to systematic reviews of CAM. Such syntheses present different challenges from those conducted on western medicine topics, and in many ways are more difficult. We discuss 3 challenges: identifying evidence about CAM, assessing the quality of individual studies, and addressing rare serious adverse events. We use illustrations from EPC evidence reports to show readers approaches to the 3 areas and then present specific recommendations for each issue. |
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Authors:
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Paul G Shekelle; Sally C Morton; Marika J Suttorp; Nina Buscemi; Carol Friesen; |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Annals of internal medicine Volume: 142 ISSN: 1539-3704 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Intern. Med. Publication Date: 2005 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-06-21 Completed Date: 2005-06-30 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372351 Medline TA: Ann Intern Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1042-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90401, USA. Paul_Shekelle@rand.org |
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Biomedical Research
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standards Complementary Therapies / adverse effects, standards* Evidence-Based Medicine / methods*, standards Humans Review Literature as Topic* United States |
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