Review Article
Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research: Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis
Table 5
Items on internal validity*.
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Abbreviations: CMA: Conventional medical analgesia; EA: Electro-acupuncture technique; PCB: Paracervical block; MIT: Music, imagery, and touch; PHP: Personalized health planning; SMT: Spinal manipulative therapy; TMS: transcranial magnetic stimulation; and UC: Usual care. *Each item in Section 1 is to be evaluated using these criteria: (i) well covered, (ii) adequately addressed, (iii) poorly addressed, (iv) not addressed (i.e., not mentioned, or indicates that this aspect was ignored), (v) not reported (i.e., mentioned, but insufficient detail to allow assessment), (vi) not applicable. |