Barriers to the registration and conduct of Cochrane systematic reviews of traditional East Asian medicine therapies

ConclusionsTEAM topics are covered in Cochrane reviews but are often considered low-priority. This survey highlights Cochrane concerns about the quality of the underlying evidence base and the training of the author teams as barriers to successful SR completion. Specific approaches are proposed to increase the number of TEAM reviews and address the limitations of TEAM research processes within Cochrane.
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research