What traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine recommendations exist across osteoporosis clinical practice guidelines? A systematic review and quality assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) is sought by more than 50% of patients with osteoporosis. Despite this, many healthcare providers lack the knowledge to adequately counsel patients on safe and effective TCIM use. The purpose of this study was to determine the quantity and quality of TCIM recommendations in clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the treatment and/or management of osteoporosis.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL databases, in addition to the Guidelines International Network, and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health website were searched from 2009-2020. CPGs making TCIM recommendations for the treatment/management of osteoporosis were assessed with the AGREE II instrument.

Results

Of 536 uniqu

SUBMITTER: Ng JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605333 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature