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. 2013 Jun 3;13:125. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-125

Table 2.

Inclusion and Exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria:
Qualitative studies with patients
Qualitative studies with therapists
Ethnographies
Perspectives of teaching personnel
Grounded Theory
Quantitative questionnaire studies
Content analysis
Mixed-Method studies with mainly quantitative studies
Peer reviewed Journals
Surveys
Published in English or German
Observational studies
All ethnic groups
Review and theory papers, study design, secondary analysis
Reasons for CAM
Randomized trials and outcome studies
Motivation to use CAM
HTA quantitative reviews
Patient perceptions of integrative medicine
Studies of patients’ information seeking of CAM
Patient perceptions of individualized medicine
Studies with conditions of CAM use
Patient / Therapist relation or interaction
Studies about questions of when and how CAM is used
Studies 1980-2011
Editorials
  Socioeconomic data analyses