Table 1.

PICOS Criteria for Study Selection

Criteria	Inclusion Criteria
Population(s)	Persons aged ≥12 years with asthma
Interventions/comparators	Licensed treatments and/or complementary and alternative medicine
Outcomes	Medication initiation, implementation, and discontinuation
Study design	Qualitative research (prospective and retrospective studies, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, systematic literature reviews, and clinical trials)
Other	English language, any geographical region

Abbreviation: PICOS, population, intervention, comparison, outcome, and study design.