Addressing barriers to the conduct and application of research in complementary and alternative medicine: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past few decades, the popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has grown considerably and along with it, scrutiny regarding its evidence base. While this is to be expected, and is in line with other health disciplines, research in CAM is confronted by numerous obstacles. This scoping review aims to identify and report the strategies implemented to address barriers to the conduct and application of research in CAM.

Methods

The scoping review was undertaken using the Arksey and O'Malley framework. The search was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, EMCARE, ERIC, Scopus, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, JBI and the grey literature. Two reviewers independently screened the records, following which data extraction was completed for the inclu

SUBMITTER: Veziari Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8281683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature