Lee, E Lyn http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-2414
Richards, Noni
Harrison, Jeff http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8478-7469
Barnes, Joanne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-8433
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Auckland
Article History
Accepted: 17 May 2022
First Online: 5 July 2022
Change Date: 22 October 2022
Change Type: Update
Change Details: Missing Open Access funding information has been added in the Funding Note.
Declarations
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: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. No sources of funding were used to assist in the preparation of this review.
: ELL has received a bursary from the University of Maryland School of Medicine/Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field for working on a Cochrane Systematic Review and is currently a doctoral candidate studying the prevalence of use of TCAM and conventional medicines in New Zealand; part of this work is funded by a Health Research Council grant (2020–2022) for which JB is the principal investigator. NR has no conflict of interest to declare. JH is a co-investigator for a Health Research Council grant exploring prevalence of use of TCAM and conventional medicines in New Zealand. JB has received fees, honoraria and travel expenses from the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) for preparation and delivery of continuing education material on complementary medicines for pharmacists (2013, 2015); has provided consultancy to the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand on Code of Ethics statements on complementary medicines (unpaid) and competence standards (paid); was a member of the New Zealand Ministry of Health Natural Health Products (NHPs) Regulations Subcommittee on the Permitted Substances List (2016–2017); and led the Herbal and Traditional Medicines Special Interest Group (2017–2022) of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance. JB is a registered pharmacist (academic) in New Zealand and has a personal viewpoint that supports regulation for complementary medicines. JB is the principal investigator for a Health Research Council grant exploring prevalence of use of TCAM and conventional medicines in New Zealand. JB has undertaken other research exploring pharmacists’ views on and experiences with complementary medicines, supported by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), New Zealand Pharmacy Education and Research Fund and University of Auckland. JB was the principal author of a reference textbook on complementary medicines and, at that time, received royalties with respect to sales of that publication from Pharmaceutical Press, the publishing arm of the RPSGB. JB is a co-author/co-editor of other books relevant to complementary medicines and receives royalties from Elsevier and SpringerNature/MacMillan Education. As a member of the School of Pharmacy staff, University of Auckland, JB has interactions with individuals in senior positions in the pharmacy profession. The School of Pharmacy has strategic relationships with several pharmacy organisations and receives support in various forms, such as sponsorship of student events, and guest lectures given by individuals from those organisations.
: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
: This is a systematic review. No ethical approval is required.
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: All authors contributed to the idea for the article. ELL and JB developed the literature search strategy. ELL performed the literature search. ELL and NR performed the study screening, selection and data extraction. ELL drafted the article, and JB, NR and JH critically revised the work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.