Complementary and alternative medicine - practice, attitudes, and knowledge among healthcare professionals in New Zealand: an integrative review

Table 2 Characteristics of the 11 studies included in the review

Author (Year)	Method	Target population	Investigated CAM therapies	Sample size/RR^c	Sampling method	Main age group (%)	Ethnicity (NZ European %)	Male (%)	Theme^d			Study quality
Author (Year)	Method	Target population	Investigated CAM therapies	Sample size/RR^c	Sampling method	Main age group (%)	Ethnicity (NZ European %)	Male (%)	I	II	III	Study quality
Hadley (1988) [12]	Survey	GPs	Seven CAM therapies^a	226/77%	Census	30-50 yr (58%)	NR	75	√	×	√	Moderate
Marshall (1990) [13]	Survey	GPs	NS	370/67.3%	Simple random	Mean = 44 yr	84.7	82.6	√	√	√	Low
Taylor (2003) [3]	Survey	GPs	NS	30/83.3%	Census	NR	NR	NR	√	√	√	Moderate
Lawler (2004) [8]	Survey	GPs	Massage and other CAM	200/43%	Simple random	Mean = 46.1 yr	73	57	√	√	√	Moderate
Poynton (2006) [14]	Survey	GPs	Thirteen CAM therapies^b	500/60%	Simple random	Mean = 50.3 yr	72	60	√	×	√	Moderate
Harding (2009) [32]	Survey	Midwives	NS	171/44.6%	Systematic random	NR	NR	NR	√	√	×	Moderate
Bocock (2011) [15]	Survey	GPs & specialists	NS	395/59%	Census	41-50 yr (36%)	88	66	√	√	√	Low
Upsdell (2011) [33]	Interview	GPs	NS	12	Stratified	NR	NR	NR	×	√	√	Moderate
Lo (2012) [9]	Focus group	Plunket nurses	NS	5	Convenience	20-40 yr (100%)	60	0	×	√	√	High
Barnes (2018) [34]	Interview	Pharmacists	NS	27	Purposive & convenience	40-49 yr (44.4%)	NR	51.9	×	√	√	High
McDowell (2019) [35]	Survey	Physios	Acupuncture	124/NR	Census	30-40 yr (38.7%)	NR	21	√	√	√	Moderate

Abbreviations: NS not specified, GPs general practitioners, CAM complementary and alternative medicine, NZ New Zealand, physios physiotherapists, RR response rate
^a The specified seven therapies were hypnosis, acupuncture, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, homeopathy and spiritual healing
^b The specified thirteen therapies were acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic, herbal medicines, homeopathy, hypnosis, naturopathy, osteopathy, reflexology, spiritual healing, traditional Chinese Medicine, traditional Māori Medicine, traditional Pacific Island Medicine
^c RR applied to survey studies only
^d I = prevalence of practice, use and referral for CAM; II = attitudes and views toward CAM, III = knowledge and education regarding CAM

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