About the Authors

Mike Armour

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

m.armour@westernsydney.edu.au

Affiliations NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Kelly Parry

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Mahmoud A. Al-Dabbas

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Christina Curry

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Kathryn Holmes

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Freya MacMillan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Tania Ferfolja

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Caroline A. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

MA,KP,MaD,CS: As a medical research institute, National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) receives research grants and donations from foundations, universities, government agencies and industry. Sponsors and donors provide untied and tied funding for work to advance the vision and mission of the Institute. This systematic review was not specifically supported by donor or sponsor funding to NICM. CC, KH, TF, FM: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.