Table 1 Screening of Commonly Used Search Terms for Year of Use Pertaining to Unconventional Medicine

Complementary and Alternative

(TITLE(“complementary and alternative medicine” OR “complementary alternative medicine” OR “complementary and alternative therapy” OR “complementary alternative therapy” AND NOT “integrative” AND NOT “integrated”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “integrative” or “integrated”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

2814

Complementary

(TITLE(“complementary medicine” OR “complementary therapy” AND NOT “alternative” AND NOT “integrative” AND NOT “integrated”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “alternative”, “integrative” or “integrated”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

1758

Alternative

(TITLE(“alternative medicine” OR “alternative therapy” AND NOT “complementary” AND NOT “integrative” AND NOT “integrated”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “complementary”, “integrative” or “integrated”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

1708

Integrated/ Integrative

(TITLE(“integrative medicine” OR “integrated medicine” AND NOT “alternative” AND NOT “complementary”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “alternative” or “complementary”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched. The word “therapy” was removed to increase the relevance of results.

455

Adjunctive^a

(TITLE(“adjunctive medicine” OR “adjunctive therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

816

Folk^a

(TITLE(“folk medicine” OR “folk therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

429

Alternative and Complementary

(TITLE(“alternative and complementary medicine” OR “alternative complementary medicine” OR “alternative and complementary therapy” OR “alternative complementary therapy” AND NOT “integrated” AND NOT “integrative”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “integrative” or “integrated”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

116

Unconventional

(TITLE(“unconventional medicine” OR “unconventional therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

103

Complementary and Integrated/ Integrative

(TITLE(“complementary and integrated medicine” OR “complementary integrated medicine” OR “complementary and integrated therapy” OR “complementary integrated therapy” OR “complementary and integrative medicine” OR “complementary integrative medicine” OR “complementary and integrative therapy” OR “complementary integrative therapy” AND NOT “alternative”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “alternative” in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

27

Unorthodox

(TITLE(“unorthodox medicine” OR “unorthodox therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

14

Fringe

(TITLE(“fringe medicine” OR “fringe therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

12

Integrated/ Integrative and Complementary

(TITLE(“integrated and complementary medicine” OR “integrated complementary medicine” OR “integrated and complementary therapy” OR “integrated complementary therapy” OR “integrative and complementary medicine” OR “integrative complementary medicine” OR “integrative complementary therapy” OR “integrative complementary therapy” AND NOT “alternative”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “alternative” in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

8

Quack

(TITLE(“quack medicine” OR “quack therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

4

Alternative and Integrated/ Integrative

(TITLE(“alternative and integrated medicine” OR “alternative integrated medicine” OR “alternative and integrated therapy” OR “alternative integrated therapy” OR “alternative and integrative medicine” OR “alternative integrative medicine” OR “alternative and integrative therapy” OR “alternative integrative therapy” AND NOT “complementary”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “complementary”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

2

Unscientific

(TITLE(“unscientific medicine” OR “unscientific therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

2

Integrated/ Integrative and Alternative

(TITLE(“integrated and alternative medicine” OR “integrated alternative medicine” OR “integrated and alternative therapy” OR “integrated alternative therapy” OR “integrative and alternative medicine” OR “integrative alternative medicine” OR “integrative and alternative therapy” OR “integrative alternative therapy” AND NOT “complementary”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Excludes titles containing “complementary”, in order to prevent other combinations from being searched.

1

Irregular

(TITLE(“irregular medicine” OR “irregular therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

0

Non-Mainstream

(TITLE(“non-mainstream medicine” OR “non-mainstream therapy”)) AND PUBYEAR > 1969 AND PUBYEAR < 2014 AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE, “er”))

Standard Code^b

0

TOTALS

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7016 (excluding folk and adjunctive)