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Table 1 Critical appraisal tool analysis results

From: Complementary medicine use by the Australian population: a critical mixed studies systematic review of utilisation, perceptions and factors associated with use

Quality assessment

Methodology

Participant characteristics

CM definition

Score

Representative sampling method

Sample size >500

Response rate >75 %

Low recall bias

Age

Gender

Residence location

Socioeconomic status

Health status

 

Adams et al., 2003 [27]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

Adams et al., 2005 [75]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

8

Adams et al., 2007 [47]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

9

Adams et al., 2011 [49]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

8

Adams et al., 2012 [55]

X

X

 

X

X

X

  

X

 

6

Adams et al., 2013 [73]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

8

Alderman & Kiepfer, 2003 [86]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

4

Basedow et al., 2014 [46]

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

7

Braun & Cohen, 2011 [59]

  

X

X

 

X

 

X

  

4

Broom et al., 2012a [68]

X

X

 

X

X

X

  

X

 

6

Broom et al., 2012b [77]

X

X

 

X

X

X

  

X

 

6

Brownie, 2006 [71]

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

8

Buchbinder et al., 2002 [72]

X

  

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

6

Canaway & Manderson, 2013 [28]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

Chatfield et al., 2009 [80]

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

8

Correa-Velez et al., 2003 [65]

  

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

7

Correa-Velez et al., 2005 [66]

X

  

X

X

X

  

X

 

5

D’Onise et al., 2013 [31]

X

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

8

Day, 2002 [82]

  

X

X

X

   

X

 

4

Day et al., 2004 [39]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

4

De Visser et al., 2000 [56]

 

X

  

X

X

 

X

X

 

5

Dunning, 2003 [38]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

4

Edwards et al., 2014 [35]

 

X

 

X

X

X

  

X

 

5

Feldman & Laura, 2004 [44]

 

X

  

X

   

X

 

3

Field et al., 2008 [57]

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

7

Fong & Fong, 2002 [43]

    

X

X

  

X

 

3

Forster et al., 2006 [70]

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

8

Frawley et al., 2013 [29]

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

9

George et al., 2004 [60]

   

X

X

X

   

X

4

Gollschewski et al., 2004 [87]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

8

Heath et al., 2012 [69]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

5

Hunter et al., 2014 [37]

  

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

6

Klafke et al., 2012 [36]

  

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

7

Kremser et al., 2008 [53]

   

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

5

Leong et al., 2009 [84]

   

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

5

Lim et al., 2005 [42]

 

X

 

X

X

X

  

X

X

6

MacLennan et al., 2006 [34]

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

7

Magin et al., 2006 [63]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

4

Mak & Faux, 2010 [52]

   

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

6

Markovic et al., 2006 [51]

    

X

X

  

X

X

4

Murthy et al., 2014a [74]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

9

Murthy et al., 2014b [95]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

9

O’Callaghan& Jordan, 2003 [96]

   

X

X

X

 

X

  

4

Patching van der Sluijs, et al., 2007 [50]

 

X

  

X

X

 

X

X

 

5

Rayner et al., 2009 [54]

    

X

X

  

X

 

3

Sarris et al., 2010 [76]

X

   

X

X

 

X

X

 

5

Shenfield et al., 2002 [58]

    

X

   

X

 

2

Shorofi & Arbon, 2010 [45]

   

X

X

X

X

X

  

5

Sibbritt et al., 2006 [79]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

9

Sibbritt et al., 2013 [62]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

8

Sinha & Efron, 2005 [40]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

4

Skouteris et al., 2008 [97]

   

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

5

Smith & Eckert, 2006 [67]

X

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

7

Smith et al., 2013 [85]

  

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

6

Spinks et al., 2014 [83]

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

8

Stankiewicz et al., 2007 [48]

   

X

X

X

 

X

  

4

Steel et al., 2012 [64]

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

8

Steel et al., 2014a [98]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

9

Steel et al., 2014b [99]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

9

Trutnovsky et al., 2001 [78]

   

X

X

X

  

X

 

4

Wadhera et al., 2011 [41]

   

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

6

Wilkinson & Simpson, 2001 [32]

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

7

Wilkinson & Jelinek, 2009 [33]

   

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

5

Xue et al., 2007 [30]

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

8