Study on disease category selection in acupuncture and moxibustion efficacy evaluation based on Bibliometrics
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2012.06.018
- VernacularTitle:基于文献计量的针灸疗效评价中病种选择思路探讨
- Author:
Wei HE
;
Yuanyuan TONG
;
Hongjie GAO
;
Yingkai ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Efficacy evaluation;
Acupuncture;
Moxibustion;
Clinical trials;
Disease category;
Bibliometrics
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2012;34(6):536-538
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
From the perspective of efficacy evaluation based on the literatures of MEDLINE database,the study carries out a bibliometrics study on domestic and foreign acupuncture clinical trials of the past three decades.The study involves the statistical classification on different systems and diseases,as well as statistics of diseases species on RCT or non- RCT involved,which will provide ideas and directions on diseases selection for the efficacy evaluation and re-evaluation researches in the field of evidence based medicine.