Table 2.

List of interventions and clinical outcomes of interest

Intervention

Acupuncture

Creative therapies

Hypnosis

Imagery/relaxation

Meditation

Mind-body practices

Natural products (eg, botanicals, vitamins, minerals)

Stress management

Tai Chi/qigong

Yoga

Whole systems*

Clinical outcomes of interest (in alphabetical order)

Fatigue**

Gastrointestinal**

Gynecological

Hematological

Lymphedema**

Neurological**

Neuromuscular**

Pain**

Psychological**

Quality of life**

Renal

Skin**

Sleep**

Vasomotor symptoms**

* Whole systems are defined as an approach to health care in which practitioners apply bodies of knowledge and associated practices to maximize the patients’ capacity to achieve mental and physical balance and restore their own health, using individualized, nonreductionist approaches to diagnosis and treatment. In whole systems, the practitioner–patient relationship plays an important role and continues to evolve over time (28).

** Indicates where Grades A, B, C, D, and H recommendations are made in these guidelines, based upon quality of evidence.