The Reporting Quality Assessment of Complex Interventions’ Articles in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Joint Authors
Wu, Meng
Liu, Biaoyan
Hu, Jingqing
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-07-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To realize the current situation and problems of complex interventions’ clinical trials.
Methods.
Searching at Chinese Journal Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine and Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine from 2007 to 2012 by hand, we identified complex interventions’ articles, and then we used the proposed criteria of complex interventions and CONSORT FOR TCM to evaluate.
Results.
All data is presented as counts with percentages and details in tables.
Conclusion.
Our evaluation presented that complex interventions have many defects: the selection of the intervention’s components lacks rationale, complex interventions were short of fundamental researches, components’ interactions were ambiguous, and the advantages of complex interventions were not mentioned.
Furthermore, explanation of sample size, blind, quality control, ethical approval, and inform consent were neglected in different degrees.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wu, Meng& Hu, Jingqing& Liu, Biaoyan. 2013. The Reporting Quality Assessment of Complex Interventions’ Articles in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-457412
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wu, Meng…[et al.]. The Reporting Quality Assessment of Complex Interventions’ Articles in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-457412
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wu, Meng& Hu, Jingqing& Liu, Biaoyan. The Reporting Quality Assessment of Complex Interventions’ Articles in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-457412
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-457412