Standards of Reporting Kampo Products (STORK) in research articles.
10.1016/S2095-4964(17)60347-9
- Author:
Yoshiharu MOTOO
1
;
Takashi HAKAMATSUKA
1
;
Nobuo KAWAHARA
1
;
Ichiro ARAI
1
;
Kiichiro TSUTANI
1
Author Information
1. Committee for Evidence-based Medicine, Japan Society for Oriental Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2017;15(3):182-185
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
There had been no standardized rules for citing ethical Kampo products used in clinical trials in journal articles. Although the name of a Kampo manufacturer was described in 77.9% of research articles, the name and ratios of crude drug components of Kampo formulas were not described in 77.5% of these papers. Considering the importance of proper characterization of interventions in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist, we hereby propose the use of the Standards of Reporting Kampo Products (STORK) website, http://mpdb.nibiohn.go.jp/stork, as a reference for Kampo products. This will provide an official source on the internet for verified information on individual Kampo formulations for citation purposes in clinical research articles.
