| Development and classification of an operational definition of complementary and alternative medicine for the Cochrane collaboration. | |
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PMID: 21717826 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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During the past decade, the Cochrane Collaboration has been an increasingly important source of information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. From 2007 to 2008, the Cochrane CAM Field developed a topics list that allowed us to categorize all 396 Cochrane reviews related to CAM (as of The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2009). This topics list is an advance in making Cochrane reviews on CAM topics accessible to the public. In this article, we discuss challenges in developing the topics list, including developing an operational efinition of CAM, deciding which reviews should be included within the CAM Field's scope, developing the structured list of CAM Field-specific topics, and determining where in the topics list the reviews should be placed. Although aspects of our operational definition of CAM are open to revision, a standardized definition provides us with an objective, reproducible, and systematic method for defining and classifying CAM therapies. |
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Authors:
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L Susan Wieland; Eric Manheimer; Brian M Berman |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Alternative therapies in health and medicine Volume: 17 ISSN: 1078-6791 ISO Abbreviation: Altern Ther Health Med Publication Date: 2011 Mar-Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-07-01 Completed Date: 2011-08-23 Revised Date: 2011-10-19 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9502013 Medline TA: Altern Ther Health Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 50-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. swieland@compmed.umm.edu |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Complementary Therapies
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classification*,
statistics & numerical data Evidence-Based Medicine / classification*, statistics & numerical data Humans Research Design Review Literature as Topic* Terminology as Topic* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R24 AT001293/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS |
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