Headache and migraine clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review and assessment of complementary and alternative medicine recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, 3 billion people suffer from either migraine or tension-type headache disorder over their lifetime. Approximately 50% of American adults suffering from headache or migraine have used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), however, the quality and quantity of recommendations associated with such therapies across clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the treatment and/or management of these conditions are unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify the quantity and assess the quality of such CAM recommendations.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL were systematically searched from 2009 to April 2020; the Guidelines International Network and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health websites were also searched for eligible

SUBMITTER: Ng JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456672 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature