Complementary and Alternative Medicines Use during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Pregnant Women and Healthcare Professional Views and Experiences

Table 2

Quality assessment of reviewed studies.

Authors, year	Is a definition of CAM/herbal given?	Is a description of CAM/herbal checklist given?	Is information about the ethical/study approval given?	Are study inclusion/exclusion criteria fully described?	Is the sample size fully justified?	Is development of questionnaire (validity, reliability, and piloting) fully described?	Are study strengths and limitations fully discussed?	Is generalisability fully discussed?
Studies of women
Adams et al., 2011 [17]	N	Y	N	P	N	N	P	N
Bishop et al., 2011 [18]	N	Y	Y	P	N	N	P	N
Al-Riyami et al., 2011 [19]	N	N	U	P	Y	N	P	Y
Kalder et al., 2011 [20]	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	P	P
Khresheh, 2011 [21]	N	N	Y	P	N	N	N	N
Nordeng et al., 2011 [22]	Y	Y	U	P	N	N	P	N
Tabatabaee, 2011 [23]	Y	N	Y	P	N	N	P	N
Bercaw et al., 2010 [24]	N	N	U	N	Y	N	Y	Y
Broussard et al., 2010 [25]	Y	N	U	P	N	N	P	N
Cuzzolin and Benoni, 2009 [26]	N	Y	Y	P	N	P	P	Y
Kochhar et al., 2010 [27]	N	N	U	N	N	N	P	N
Lapi et al., 2010 [28]	Y	Y	U	P	N	Y	Y	P
Leppee et al., 2010 [29]	N	N	Y	P	N	N	N	N
Louik et al., 2010 [30]	N	N	U	P	N	N	P	N
Mohamed et al., 2010 [31]	Y	Y	N	P	Y	P	P	Y
Chuang et al., 2009 [32]	Y	N	Y	P	N	N	P	Y
Fakeye et al., 2009 [33]	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
Forster et al., 2009 [34]	N	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N
Holst et al., 2009 [35]	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	P	Y
Moussally et al., 2009 [36]	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	P	Y
Rahman et al., 2009 [37]	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	P	P
Skouteris et al., 2008 [38]	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	N	Y	Y
Studies of professionals
Koc et al., 2012 [39]	Y	Y	N	P	N	P	P	Y
Dennehy et al., 2010 [40]	N	N	N	P	N	P	Y	P
Hrgovic et al., 2010 [41]	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Samuels et al., 2010 [42]	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	P	Y
Harding and Foureur, 2009 [43]	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	P	Y
Hastings-Tolsm and Terada, 2009 [44]	N	Y	N	P	N	Y	Y	P
Münstedt et al., 2009 [45]	N	Y	Y	Y	N	P	P	P
Münstedt et al., 2009 [46]	N	Y	N	Y	N	P	P	Y
Wiebelitz et al., 2009 [47]	N	Y	N	P	N	P	P	Y
Furlow et al., 2008 [48] USA	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y

Y: yes; N: no; U: unclear; P: partly.