ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2011
How Much of CAM Is Based on Research Evidence?
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Potential factors that influence usage of complementary and alternative medicine worldwide: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Pooled it
- Randomized phase 2 study of gemcitabine and cisplatin with or without vitamin supplementation in patients with advanced esophagogastric cancer.Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology · 2018Trial
- When Giants Meet-a Discourse on Contemporary and Alternative Therapy Use from an Ethical Perspective.Asian bioethics review · 2018Article
- Integrative veterinary medical education and consensus guidelines for an integrative veterinary medicine curriculum within veterinary colleges.Open veterinary journal · 2016Review
- A Retrospective Analysis of 5,195 Patient Treatment Sessions in an Integrative Veterinary Medicine Service: Patient Characteristics, Presenting Complaints, and Therapeutic Interventions.Veterinary medicine international · 2015Article
- Pharmacists' attitudes towards an evidence-based approach for over-the-counter medication.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2012Article
- Observed Changes in Risk during Naturopathic Treatment of Hypertension.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- 'First, do no harm': factors that influence pharmacists making decisions about over-the-counter medication: a qualitative study in Northern Ireland.Drug safety · 2010Article
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary estimate of how much CAM is evidence-based. For this purpose, I calculated the percentage of 685 treatment/condition pairings evaluated in the "Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine" which are supported by sound data. The resulting figure was 7.4%. For a range of reasons, it might be a gross over-estimate. Further investigations into this subject are required to arrive at more representative figures.
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