Review Article
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
Table 1
Quality of all included systematic reviews.
| | Study | 1 | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | Quality |
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Bardia et al. 2006 [7] | ABC | A | 0 | ABCD | 0 | AD | AC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | B | 24 | Low | |
Bradt et al. 2011 [31] | ABC | ABC | 0 | ABCDE | 0 | ABCD | ABC | ABCD | A | C | A | AB | 32 | Moderate | | Choi et al. 2012 [36] | BC | ABC | 0 | ABC | BD | AD | ABC | AB | A | BCD | 0 | AB | 30 | Moderate | |
Devine and Westlake 1995 [15] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | 0 | AD | ABC | AB | A | A | 0 | A | 23 | Low | | Devine 2003 [16] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | 0 | AD | ABC | AB | A | A | 0 | A | 23 | Low | | Ernst 2009 [23] | C | 0 | 0 | ABCD | 0 | AD | AC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | B | 21 | Low | | Ernst 2009 [24] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | AD | AD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Low | | Ernst et al. 2011 [32] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | B | AD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | AB | 25 | Moderate | | Falkensteiner et al. 2011 [33] | BC | 0 | A | ABDE | B | ABCD | AC | ABCD | A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | Moderate | | Fellowes et al. 2004 [17] | ABC | 0 | ABC | ABCDE | AD | ABCD | ABC | AB | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | 31 | Moderate | | Haseen et al. 2009 [25] | BC | A | A | ABCD | 0 | AD | AC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | B | 24 | Low | | Hurlow et al. 2012 [37] | ABC | A | 0 | ABCD | 0 | ABCD | ABC | AB | A | C | 0 | AB | 27 | Moderate | | Garcia et al. 2013 [41] | BC | A | A | ABC | B | AD | 0 | AB | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | 22 | Low | |
Kienle and Kiene 2010 [29] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | 0 | AD | AC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | A | 22 | Low | | Kim et al. 2010 [30] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | D | AD | ABC | ABCD | A | 0 | 0 | AB | 27 | Moderate | | Lee et al. 2005 [18] | BC | A | 0 | ABCD | D | ABCD | AC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | A | 26 | Moderate | | Lee et al. 2009 [26] | BC | ABC | 0 | ABCD | 0 | ABCD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | A | 27 | Moderate | | Lee et al. 2011 [34] | BC | A | 0 | ABCD | D | AD | AC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | A | 24 | Low | |
Martín-Sánchez et al. 2009 [27] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABC | AD | AD | ABC | ABCD | 0 | C | AB | AB | 29 | Moderate | | Paley et al. 2011 [35] | ABC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | AD | ABCD | ABC | AB | A | BCD | AB | B | 31 | Moderate | |
Gorin et al. 2012 [38] | BC | 0 | ABC | ABC | B | ABCD | 0 | 0 | 0 | BC | AB | B | 27 | Moderate | |
Edwards et al. 2004 [45] | ABC | A | ABC | ABCD | B | ABCD | ABC | AB | AB | BCD | 0 | A | 34 | Moderate | | Johannsen et al. 2013 [42] | BC | 0 | AB | ABCD | B | AD | ABC | AB | AB | BCD | 0 | A | 28 | Moderate | | Bennett et al. 2009 [22] | BC | 0 | ABC | ABD | 0 | AD | A | AB | AB | BCD | 0 | A | 26 | Moderate | | Marie et al. 2013 [44] | BC | 0 | A | ABCD | B | AD | ABC | AB | AB | BCD | 0 | 0 | 27 | Moderate | | Vandervaart et al. 2009 [28] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABC | 0 | AD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | A | 22 | Moderate | | Wilkinson et al. 2008 [21] | BC | 0 | A | ABCDE | AD | ABCD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | B | 28 | Moderate | | Xu et al. 2007 [20] | B | 0 | 0 | ABC | 0 | AD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Low | | Wang et al. 2013 [48] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABD | AC | AD | ABC | AB | A | BCD | ABC | A | 28 | Moderate | | Bao et al. 2013 [40] | BC | A | ABC | ABCD | 0 | AD | ABC | AB | A | BCD | AB | A | 31 | Moderate | | Zhang et al. 2012 [39] | BC | ABC | 0 | ABC | 0 | AD | ABC | ABCD | A | C | 0 | B | 27 | Moderate | | Pan et al. 2013 [46] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | B | AD | ABC | AB | AB | BCD | 0 | B | 27 | Moderate | | Lian et al. 2013 [43] | BC | 0 | ABC | ABCD | 0 | AD | ABC | A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Low | | Milazzo et al. 2006 [19] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABC | 0 | AD | ABC | AB | A | 0 | 0 | B | 22 | Low | | Puetz et al. 2013 [47] | BC | 0 | 0 | ABCD | B | AD | 0 | AB | A | BCD | ABC | B | 26 | Moderate |
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