Appropriately selecting and concisely reporting the outcome measures of randomized controlled trials of traditional Chinese medicine

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 771-775

  Bian, Zhao Xiang ^a   Moher, David ^b   Li , You Ping ^c   Wu, Tai Xiang ^c   Dagenais, Simon ^d   Cheng, Chung Wah ^a   Li, Jing ^c   Li, Ting Qian ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal drugs; Clinical research; Evidence based medicine; Outcome measure; Randomized controlled trials; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; SIJUNZI;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOOSE FECES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSE RATE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50049101493     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20080801     Document Type: Editorial

References (8)

1. Reeve-Irving Research Centre. Anatomy 101: human research. http://www.reeve.uci.edu/anatomy/research.php#5.
2. Wu TX, Li YP, Bian ZX, et al. Consolidated standards for reporting trials of traditional Chinese medicine (CONSORT for TCM). Zhongguo Xun Zheng Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007; 7(8): 601-605. Chinese.
3. Wu TX, Li YP, Bian ZX, et al. Consolidated standards for reporting trials of traditional Chinese medicine (CONSORT for TCM). Zhongguo Xun Zheng Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007; 7(8): 625-630.
4. Liu JP. Evidence-based medicine approach and traditional Chinese medicine therapeutic evaluation. Shou Du Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2007; 28 (2): 212-215. Chinese with abstract in English.
5. Cheng CW, Bian ZX, Li YP, et al. CONSORT serial 1: How to explain the methodological rationale of randomized controlled trials of traditional Chinese medicine? Zhongguo Xun Zheng Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2008; 8 (3): 152-154. Chinese.
6. Good PI. A manager's guide to the design and conduct of clinical trials. 2nd ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006.
7. Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China. Guidelines of clinical research on Chinese new herbal medicines. Beijing: Medical Science and Technology Publishing House of China. 1993. Chinese.
8. State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Diagnostic and therapeutic effect evaluation criteria of diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press. 1994. Chinese.