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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Acceptance and use of complementary and alternative medicine among medical specialists: a 15-year systematic review and data synthesis

First author

Year

Country

Setting

Sampling method

Survey method

Response, %

Response, n

Medical specialist, n

Citation

Rosenbaum

2002

USA

The University of Iowa College of Medicine

Random

Postal

18.4%

690

265

[35]

Hyodo

2003

Japan

The Japanese oncology literature and the Nationwide association of medical centers for cancer and adult diseases

Random

Postal

66.7%

54

52

[36]

Kemper

2004

USA

The American Academy of Pediatrics

Random

Online

19.5%

195

195

[37]

Kolstad

2004

Norway

Five university oncology units in Norway

Random

Postal

38.5%

751

751

[5]

Risberg

2004

Norway

Five reginal oncology centers

Random

Postal

15.4%

104

104

[38]

Samano

2005

Brazil

Effective physician members of the Brazilian Cancer Society

Random

Postal

61.5%

509

108

[39]

Sawni

2007

USA

The American Academy of Pediatrics

Random

Postal

31.5%

268

263

[40]

Lee

2008

USA, China, and Taiwan

The Northern California Tumor Board meeting, China Medical University, Sun-Yat Sen Cancer Center Taiwan, Peking University Cancer Hospital China, and Peking Union Hospital China

Random

Postal

38.0%

95

95

[15]

Mak

2009

Australia

The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Royal Australasia College of Physicians

Random

Online

38.3%

36

36

[41]

Wu

2009

USA

The Washington State of Association of Neurological Surgeons

Random

Online

67.0%

65

65

[42]

Manek

2010

USA

The practicing rheumatologists in the United States

Random

Postal

40.3%

381

381

[6]

Kundu

2011

USA

The Seattle Children’s Hospital

Random

Online

43.7%

213

213

[43]

Tempest

2011

England

A urologist practicing in three English training deaneries

Random

Online and Phone

13.4%

88

88

[44]

Vlieger

2011

Netherlands

The Dutch Society of Paediatrics

Random

Online

Not indicated denominator

170

170

[45]

Samuels

2013

Israel

Member of the Obstetricians and gynecologists (board-certified specialists or residents) were recruited from 7 medical centers in Southern, Central, and Northern Israel

Convenience

Not indicated

18.5%

648

648

[46]

Trimborn

2013

Germany

A German employee visiting the occupational health service of the university hospital

Convenience

Not indicated

75.7%

258

258

[8]

Conrad

2014

Germany

The German Society for Palliative Care

Random

Online

86.7%

117

40

[47]

Stewart

2014

Scotland

The care of pregnant women in the Grampian region of North-East Scotland

Random

Online and postal

72.0%

126

96

[48]

Brambila-Tapia

2016

Mexico

The Primary and secondary care hospitals in Guadalajara

Convenience

Not indicated

13.0%

547

120

[49]

Crundwell

2016

UK

The Clinical staff at Cambridge University Hospital’sotolaryngology and audiology departments

Convenience

Not indicated

23.7%

343

343

[10]

Gaboury

2016

Canada

The College des medecins du Quebec

Random

Online

100.0%

207

107

[50]

Mann

2016

USA

pain medicine fellowship at the American College of Graduate Medical Education

Convenience

Online and postal

53.3%

856

856

[7]

Soos

2016

Hungary

Four Hungarian universities and other eleven surgery wards and intensive care departments participated in the study

Convenience

Online and postal

61.5%

509

101

[51]

Stone

2016

Australia

All faculties, fellows, and residents presented at a single anesthesia grand rounds of Johns Hopkins University

Random

Not indicated

70.3%

102

102

[52]

Klein

2017

Germany

The Research Group on Gynecological Oncology of the German Cancer Society

Random

Online

38.1%

24

24

[14]