Investigation into the Influence of Physician for Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation
Joint Authors
Jiang, Lijie
Liu, Biaoyan
Zhou, Xuezhong
He, Liyun
Xie, Qi
Yang, Shuhong
Zhang, Runshun
Yan, Shiyan
Liu, Jia
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
The characteristics of treatment based on syndrome differentiation (TBSD) cause great challenges to evaluate the effectiveness of the clinical methods.
Objectives.
This paper aims to evaluate the influence of physician to personalized medicine in the process of TBSD.
Methods.
We performed a randomized, triple-blind trial involving patients of primary insomnia treated by 3 physicians individually and independently.
The patients (n=30) were randomly assigned to receive treatments by the 3 physicians for every visit.
However, they always received the treatment, respectively, prescribed by the physician at the first visit.
The primary outcome was evaluated, respectively, by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the TCM symptoms measuring scale.
The clinical practices of the physicians were recorded at every visit including diagnostic information, syndrome differentiation, treating principles, and prescriptions.
Results.
All patients in the 3 groups (30 patients) showed significant improvements (>66%) according to the PSQI and TCM symptoms measuring scale.
Conclusion.
The results indicate that although with comparable effectiveness, there exist significant differences in syndrome differentiation, the treating principles, and the prescriptions of the approaches used by the 3 physicians.
This means that the physician should be considered as an important factor for individualized medicine and the related TCM clinical research.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Lijie& Liu, Biaoyan& Xie, Qi& Yang, Shuhong& He, Liyun& Zhang, Runshun…[et al.]. 2013. Investigation into the Influence of Physician for Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483014
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Lijie…[et al.]. Investigation into the Influence of Physician for Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483014
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Lijie& Liu, Biaoyan& Xie, Qi& Yang, Shuhong& He, Liyun& Zhang, Runshun…[et al.]. Investigation into the Influence of Physician for Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483014
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483014