Epidemiology characteristics, reporting characteristics, and methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses on traditional Chinese medicine nursing interventions published in Chinese journals

Yang, Min; Jiang, Li; Wang, Aihong; Xu, Guihua

doi:10.1111/ijn.12498

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“…To be included, SRs/MAs had to meet the following criteria: (1) the definition of TCM nursing was guided by the Routine and Technical Operation Regulations of Nursing Care in TCM [ 5 ]. Eighteen non-invasive approaches were incorporated as TCM nursing techniques, namely, auricular plaster, moxibustion, acupoint massage, cupping, scrapping, TCM wet compress, TCM soaking, TCM medicated bath, TCM drug smearing, TCM dressing change, TCM acupoint application, TCM topical application, TCM ironing, TCM iontophoresis, TCM fumigation, TCM emotional nursing, TCM exercise nursing, and TCM dietary nursing [ 8 ]; (2) randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effects of TCM nursing for stroke patients; (3) TCM nursing may have been implemented with routine care or alone; (4) subjects were diagnosed with WHO criteria using appropriate radiological methods. Exclusion criteria: duplicates, and reviews in which data cannot be extracted.…”

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“…These articles are considered evidence that appropriate knowledge can be provided for clinical decision-making. However, only high-quality SRs/MAs are reliable, while low‐quality articles increase the risk of misleading decisions, so the importance of strictly implementing and reporting SR/MAs cannot be overemphasized [ 8 ]. The aim of this overview was to evaluate the methodological quality and evidence quality of SRs/MAs in TCM nursing for stroke.…”

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The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke: An Umbrella Review

Qin

et al. 2021

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Background. An increasing number of systematic reviews/meta-analyses (SRs/MAs) of clinical trials have begun to investigate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing in patients with stroke. To systematically appraise and synthesize these results, we conducted an overview of SRs/MAs. Methods. Eight databases from their inception to April 2020 were searched to include all SRs/MAs on TCM nursing for stroke. Methodological quality assessment was performed using Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR-2) and evidence quality assessment was performed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE). Results. Eleven SRs/MAs regarding TCM nursing for stroke were included. The assessments with AMSTAR-2 indicated that the methodological quality of all included SRs/MAs was critically low. According to the evaluation results of GRADE, 10 (40%) outcomes were rated as critically low-quality evidence, 7 (28%) low-quality evidence, and 8 (32%) moderate-quality evidence. Descriptive analysis results showed that TCM nursing was effective for stroke. Conclusions. All included SRs/MAs suggested positive findings of TCM nursing for stroke, but the credibility of the results is limited. Studies with methodologically rigorous and adequately powered are still needed in this field.

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The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke: An Umbrella Review

Qin

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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…We will also search four Chinese databases: China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wan Fang Database, The VIP Database, and China Biology Medicine. These four Chinese databases are the largest and most commonly used databases, which can basically cover all the literature published in Chinese journals [51] . All databases will be searched from 1968 (this year was chosen as the starting year due to the prevalence of SDM publications since that time [52] ) to present.…”

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Shared Decision-making in Healthcare in Mainland China: A Scoping Review Protocol

Li¹,

Zhao²,

Zhang³

et al. 2021

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Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) has been increasingly studied and applied to improve patients’ decision qualities and health outcomes. Little is known about its development status in mainland China. The Ottawa Decision Support Framework (ODSF) has been extensively used to guide clinicians and patients facing difficult healthcare decisions. It claims that decision quality can be improved though the implementation of decision support interventions that address patients’ decisional needs. Objective: Based on ODSF, the objective of the scoping review is to systematically map the existing research literature to answer the following three questions: 1) What healthcare decisional needs were examined within Chinese population? 2) What decision support interventions (SDM theories, tools, processes, implementation determinants) were used to address the healthcare decisional needs? and 3) What SDM outcomes were reported? Methods and analysis: We will conduct the scoping review following Arksey and O'Malley’ six-stage methodological framework. Seven databases: Ovid MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wan Fang Database, The VIP Database, and China Biology Medicine will be searched to identify relevant studies. Four reviewers will independently screen studies based on the eligibility criteria. The ODSF, as a guiding framework, will be used to develop the data extraction form and guide data analysis. All the retrieved information will be coded and mapped into the three key components of ODSF, namely decisional needs, decision support interventions, and decision outcomes. We will report our review findings following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) reporting guidelines.Discussion: This study will be the first comprehensive and systematic review to understand the SDM research status in mainland China. The results of this review will help us to identify the gaps in current SDM research and inform future theoretical and empirical studies.Registration: Inplasy protocol 202130021. doi: 10.37766/inplasy2021.3.0021

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“…TCM uses Zang-Fu and the meridians as its theoretical basis and yin–yang and five elements as its theoretical tools. Based on TCM, Qi, blood and body fluids are considered the most important substances, which constitute the body’s system and maintain its normal physiological functions (Yang et al, 2017a). The main characteristic of TCM in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases is syndrome differentiation.…”

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The necessity to develop a national classification system for Iranian traditional medicine

Safdari

Rezaeizadeh

Arji

et al. 2019

HIM J

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Background: Classification of disease and interventions in traditional medicine (TM) is necessary for standardised coding of information. Currently, in Iran, there is no standard electronic classification system for disease and interventions in TM. Objective: The current study aimed to develop a national framework for the classification of disease and intervention in Persian medicine based on expert opinion. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 2018. The existing systems for the classification of disease and interventions in TM were reviewed in detail, and some of the structural and content characteristics were extracted for the development of the classification of Iranian traditional medicine. Based on these features, a self-administered questionnaire was developed. Study participants (25) were experts in the field of Persian medicine and health information management in Tehran medical universities. Results: Main axes for the classification of disease and interventions were determined. The most important applications of the classification system were related to clinical coding, policymaking, reporting of mortality and morbidity data, cost analysis and determining the quality indicators. Half of the participants (50%) stated that the classification system should be designed by maintaining the main axis of the World Health Organization classification system and changing the subgroups if necessary. A computer-assisted coding system for TM was proposed for the current study. Conclusion: Development of this classification system will provide nationally comparable data that can be widely used by governments, national organisations and academic researchers.

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Epidemiology characteristics, reporting characteristics, and methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses on traditional Chinese medicine nursing interventions published in Chinese journals

Cited by 9 publications

References 28 publications

The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke: An Umbrella Review

The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke: An Umbrella Review

Shared Decision-making in Healthcare in Mainland China: A Scoping Review Protocol

The necessity to develop a national classification system for Iranian traditional medicine

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