Table 2 Inclusion and Exclusion criteria

Qualitative studies with patients

Qualitative studies with therapists

Ethnographies

Perspectives of teaching personnel

Grounded Theory

Quantitative questionnaire studies

Content analysis

Mixed-Method studies with mainly quantitative studies

Peer reviewed Journals

Surveys

Published in English or German

Observational studies

All ethnic groups

Review and theory papers, study design, secondary analysis

Reasons for CAM

Randomized trials and outcome studies

Motivation to use CAM

HTA quantitative reviews

Patient perceptions of integrative medicine

Studies of patients’ information seeking of CAM

Patient perceptions of individualized medicine

Studies with conditions of CAM use

Patient / Therapist relation or interaction

Studies about questions of when and how CAM is used

Studies 1980-2011

Editorials

Socioeconomic data analyses