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Table 1 Evidence retrieved on web search engines: quantitative analysis of the first 2 pages of Google and Yahoo

From: Reiki and related therapies in the dialysis ward: an evidence-based and ethical discussion to debate if these complementary and alternative medicines are welcomed or banned

Search terms

Search engine

Items

Commercial/non-commercialsites in the first 2 pages

Sites providing references (non-commercial links in the first 2 pages)

No. sites in common in Google and Yahoo

Reiki

Google

58500000

6/14

3

6

Yahoo

44900000

6/14

6

Reiki medicine

Google

17800000

17/3

2

1

Yahoo

5690000

19/1

1

Reiki Torino

Google

3680000

18/2

0

0

Yahoo

51100

10/10

0

Reiki use

Google

3060000

18/2

2

0

Yahoo

55300

20/0

0

Reiki pain

Google

10700000

1/19

9

4

Yahoo

7150000

2/18

4

Reiki dialysis

Google

590000

4/16

0

7

Yahoo

193000

6/14

0

Reiki cost effectiveness

Google

333000

12/8

12

5

Yahoo

112000

15/5

9

Reiki contra- indications

Google

120000

9/11

2

9

 

Yahoo

30900

6/14

1

 
  1. Legend: * number of links retrieved in first 2 pages in Google and Yahoo.