Traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine evidence map: a methodology to an overflowing field of data and noise

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

Ricardo Ghelman¹  Caio Fabio Schlechta Portella¹  Carmen Verônica Mendes Abdala²  Mariana Cabral Schveitzer³ 

[1] Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health (CABSIN), São Paulo, Brazil;PAHO/WHO Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), São Paulo, Brazil;Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;

关键词: systematic review;    complementary therapies;    integrative medicine;    coronavirus infections;   

DOI  :  10.26633/RPSP.2021.48

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Every day there is criticism about lack of evidence on traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine (TCIM). But is this narrative evidence-based? Are we really missing research about TCIM? Or are we just not looking correctly at the evidence? Evidence maps are a useful method with the dual function of synthesizing available evidence on a specific topic and identifying knowledge gaps. This article presents a six-step evidence map methodology along with recently published TCIM evidence maps, including one related to COVID-19. TCIM evidence maps are useful instruments to inform decision-making for policymakers, health practitioners, and patients.

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