Author: Yuting Duan1,2, Zhirui Xu3, Jingjing Deng3, Yanjia Lin4, Yan Zheng3, Juexuan Chen5, Xiaoyu Tang3, Xuan Zhang1,2, Chunzhi Tang3, Jiangxia Miao6, Zhaoxiang Bian7,8
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup> Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Study Center, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, 3/F, Jockey Club School of Chinese Medicine Building, 7 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
<sup>2</sup> Chinese EQUATOR Center, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
<sup>3</sup> Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
<sup>4</sup> Puning Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jieyang, China.
<sup>5</sup> American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Roseville, Minnesota, USA.
<sup>6</sup> School of Chinese medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
<sup>7</sup> Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Study Center, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, 3/F, Jockey Club School of Chinese Medicine Building, 7 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. bianzxiang@gmail.com.
<sup>8</sup> Chinese EQUATOR Center, Hong Kong, SAR, China. bianzxiang@gmail.com.
Conference/Journal: BMC Complement Med Ther
Date published: 2020 Nov 23
Other:
Volume ID: 20 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 361 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1186/s12906-020-03150-9. , Word Count: 216
Backgrounds:
Identifying topics and assessing the reporting quality of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) cohort studies.
Methods:
A scoping review of the literature was performed. A descriptive approach to summarize the core study characteristics was prepared, along with structured tables and figures to identify salient points of differences noted across studies. The reporting quality of TCM cohort studies was assessed according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE)-cohort checklist.
Results:
A total of 199 TCM cohort studies were included. The largest number of TCM cohort studies was conducted in Mainland China (70.9%). The TCM cohort study was first published in 2003. The top three diseases studied were Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Stroke, and Asthma. As for the intervention methods, Chinese herbal medicine formulas (60.3%), acupuncture (14.1%) and single herbs (12.6%) accounted for the majority, followed by moxibustion (4.0%) and qigong (2.0%). The overage sufficient reporting rate of included TCM cohort studies according to the STROBE-cohort checklist was 42.9%. Comparing with Chinese literature, the reporting rates of English literature in most items were higher.
Conclusion:
For the application of cohort studies to inform the effects of TCM interventions, the interventions assessed and conditions studied were diverse, the reporting quality was unsatisfied.
Keywords: Cohort studies; Evidence-based medicine; Reporting quality; Scoping review; Traditional Chinese medicine.
PMID: 33228628 PMCID: PMC7684743 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-03150-9