MetaCIH is an open-source, digital platform aiming to provide access to and analyze all available evidence on complementary and integrative health (CIH) interventions. It currently focuses on meditation-based interventions across various health conditions, with additional CIH interventions to be incorporated over time. These pages contain the detailed technical documentation of the project.
MetaCIH is a research project led by Prof. Shufang Sun, Prof. Simon Goldberg, and Prof. Eric Loucks at Brown University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH NCCIH; Project number: 1R24AT012845-01).
The MetaCIH initiative aims to provide access to meta-analytic databases of clinical trials investigating the effect of complementary and integrative health (CIH) interventions (e.g., mindfulness, yoga, tai chi, acupuncture, and chiropractic care) on various outcome areas (e.g., pain, psychiatric symptoms). Currently, the database covers meditation-based interventions, with additional databases on CIH interventions to be incorporated over time.