Construct | Justification |
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Population | Inclusion criteria: |
 - CAM researchers with or without CAM background | |
 - CAM practitioners/clinicians | |
Exclusion criteria: | |
 - CAM users/non users | |
 - CAM products | |
Interest | Inclusion criteria: |
 - Research that looks at the barriers to the conduct or application of research in CAM | |
 - Opinion publications with a reference list | |
 - Studies or publications on EBP in CAM | |
Exclusion criteria: | |
 - Primary or secondary research that investigates the effectiveness or efficacy of CAM | |
 - Economic evaluations of CAM | |
 - Opinion articles without adequate references | |
 - Promotional materials | |
 - Methodological studies | |
Context | Inclusion criteria: |
 - Research (conduct or application of) | |
Exclusion criteria: | |
 - Publications reporting the prevalence of CAM use | |
 - Publications describing CAM |