How Much of CAM Is Based on Research Evidence?

The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary estimate of how much CAM is evidence-based. For this purpose, I calculated the percentage of 685 treatment/condition pairings evaluated in the “Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine” which are supported by sound data. The resultin...

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Autor principal: Ernst, Edzard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19465405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nep044
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Sumario:The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary estimate of how much CAM is evidence-based. For this purpose, I calculated the percentage of 685 treatment/condition pairings evaluated in the “Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine” which are supported by sound data. The resulting figure was 7.4%. For a range of reasons, it might be a gross over-estimate. Further investigations into this subject are required to arrive at more representative figures.

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