Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education for Medical Profession: Systematic Review

Table 2

Methodological Quality of Included Studies.

Domain

Item

Item Score

Hewson et al. 2006 [15]

Hoellein et al. 2009 [16]

Cook et al. 2007 [17]

Ashar et al. 2008 [18]

Ben-Aryee and Frenkel 2004 [19]

Ben-Aryee et al. 2006 [20]

Donald et al. 2010 [26]

Forjuoh et al. 2003 [21]

Halterman-Cox et al. 2009 [22]

Lu and Torres-Harding 2007 [23]

Mikail et al. 2003 [24]

Torkelson et al. 2006 [25]

Number of studies (%)

Mean item score (SD)

Mean domain score (SD)

Study Design

1.79 (0.58)

(1) Study Design:

1.79 (0.58)

Single group pre and post-test

1.5

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9 (75)

Non randomized, 2 group

2

x

1 (8.33)

Randomized controlled experiment

3

x

x

2 (16.67)

Sampling

0.90 (0.47)

(2) Institutions:

0.58 (0.29)

Single institution

0.5

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11 (91.67)

Two institutions

1

0

More than 2 institutions

1.5

x

1 (8.33)

(3) Response Rate:

1.21 (0.40)

Response rate <50% or not reported

0.5

x

x

2 (16.67)

Response rate 50–74%

1

x

x

x

3 (25)

Response rate ≥75%

1.5

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7 (58.33)

Type of Data

1.83 (1.03)

(4) Type of Data:

1.83 (1.03)

Assessment by study subject

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7 (58.33)

Objective measurement

3

x

x

x

x

x

5 (41.67)

Validity of Evaluation Instruments’ Scores

0.36 (0.49)

(5) Internal Structure:

0.08 (0.29)

Not reported

0

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11 (91.67)

Reported

1

x

1 (8.33)

(6) Content:

1 (0)

Not reported

0

0

Reported

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12 (100)

(7) Relationships to other variables:

Not reported

0

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12 (100)

0 (0)

Reported

1

0

Data Analysis

1.38 (0.49)

(8) Appropriateness of analysis:

1 (0)

Data analysis inappropriate for study design or type of data

0

0

Data analysis appropriate for study design and type of data

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12 (100)

(9) Sophistication of analysis:

1.75 (0.45)

Descriptive analysis only

1

x

x

x

3 (25)

Beyond descriptive analysis

2

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9 (75)

Outcome

1.58 (0.42)

(10) Outcome:

1.58 (0.42)

Satisfaction, attitudes, perceptions, opinions, general facts

1

x

x

x

3 (25)

Knowledge, skills

1.5

x

x

x

x

4 (33.33)

Behaviors

2

x

x

x

x

x

5 (41.67)

Patient/health care outcome

3

Total

18.0

13.0

13.5

13.0

12.0

9.5

11.5

9.0

9.5

10.0

9.0

11.5

8.5

10.83 (1.79)