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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Treatment of Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease with Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Protocol for the Development of a Core Outcome Set (COS-TCM-CPHD).

Bohan Niu, Mingyan Zhang, Hui Zi Chua, Kai Li, Junhua Zhang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bohan NiuEvidence-Based Medicine Centre, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3092-9879
Mingyan ZhangEvidence-Based Medicine Centre, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4413-7784
Hui Zi ChuaEvidence-Based Medicine Centre, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-9179
Kai LiEvidence-Based Medicine Centre, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-338X
Junhua ZhangEvidence-Based Medicine Centre, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-1967
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTreatment of chronic pulmonary heart disease (CPHD), a common disease, has over recent years been studied using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) due to many high-profile benefits. These can be evaluated by the measurement and analysis of related outcomes. Because of selective reporting bias and the heterogeneity of study outcomes, it is not possible to combine similar studies in a meta-analysis. Consequently, not only does the low quality of original studies fails to support evidence-based decision-making, but also the value of those clinical studies cannot be evaluated. To solve these problems, the development of a core outcome set for traditional Chinese medicines for the treatment of chronic pulmonary heart disease (COS-TCM-CPHD) is required.

methodsThe development is conducted in five steps: (1) a library of outcomes through systematic review, the retrieval of libraries from two clinical trials registries, and semistructured interviews is established; (2) following data extraction and analysis of the library of outcomes, each outcome can be classified into seven outcome domains, including TCM disease, symptoms/signs, physical and chemical testing, quality of life, long-term prognosis, economic evaluation, and adverse events to form a preliminary list of outcomes; (3) stakeholder groups for participation are selected; (4) stakeholder groups are invited to participate in two rounds of Delphi surveys to score outcomes and provide additional outcomes; (5) a consensus meeting is organized to produce the final COS-TCM-CPHD.

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