Based on detailed explanation of the herbal CONSORT statement, and the consideration of the character of traditional Chinese drugs, to discuss the standardization of reporting traditional Chinese drug trials. The standards of reporting traditional Chinese drug trials are not consolidated yet. In the year 2006, Reporting Randomized, Controlled Trials of Herbal Interventions: An Elaborated CONSORT Statement was developed by the CONSORT group and published. This herbal CONSORT statement includes 5 parts, and totally 22 items, in which the items of participant criteria, intervention, control setting and outcomes, et al. are elaborated to be adaptable to herbal intervention trials. This herbal CONSORT statement has provided valuable basis for the development of standards of reporting traditional Chinese drug trials, though it is not completely adaptive to be the reporting standards in consideration of the background theory and the animal drugs and mineral drugs that traditional Chinese drugs contain. The proper reporting standards of traditional Chinese drug trials should take the different types of drugs and the different purposes of trials into consideration. The trial reports of drugs that must be applied under the instruction of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory should report participant criteria that include TCM syndrome differentiation and other important characters of TCM interventions.
Clinical Trials as Topic ; standards ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; standards ; Publishing ; standards ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; standards

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is twofold: 1) introducing logistic regression (LR), a multivariable method for modeling the relationship between multiple independent variables and a categorical dependent variable, and 2) examining use and reporting of LR in the nursing literature. METHODS: Text books on LR and research articles employing LR as main statistical analysis were reviewed. Twenty-three articles published between 2010 and 2011 in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing were analyzed for proper use and reporting of LR models. RESULTS: Logistic regression from basic concepts such as odds, odds ratio, logit transformation and logistic curve, assumption, fitting, reporting and interpreting to cautions were presented. Substantial shortcomings were found in both use of LR and reporting of results. For many studies, sample size was not sufficiently large to call into question the accuracy of the regression model. Additionally, only one study reported validation analysis. CONCLUSION: Nursing researchers need to pay greater attention to guidelines concerning the use and reporting of LR models.
Humans ; Logistic Models ; *Models, Statistical ; Odds Ratio ; Publishing/standards ; *Research

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to provide researchers with a simplified approach to undertaking exploratory factor analysis for the assessment of construct validity. METHODS: All articles published in 2010, 2011, and 2012 in Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing were reviewed and other relevant books and articles were chosen for the review. RESULTS: In this paper, the following were discussed: preliminary analysis process of exploratory factor analysis to examine the sample size, distribution of measured variables, correlation coefficient, and results of KMO measure and Bartlett's test of sphericity. In addition, other areas to be considered in using factor analysis are discussed, including determination of the number of factors, the choice of rotation method or extraction method of the factor structure, and the interpretation of the factor loadings and explained variance. CONCLUSION: Content validity is the degree to which elements of an assessment instrument are relevant to and representative of the targeted construct for a particular assessment purpose. This measurement is difficult and challenging and takes a lot of time. Factor analysis is considered one of the strongest approaches to establishing construct validity and is the most commonly used method for establishing construct validity measured by an instrument.
Analysis of Variance ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Nursing Research/*standards ; Publishing

The article overviews some achievements and problems of Korean medical journals published in the highly competitive journal environment. Activities of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) are viewed as instrumental for improving the quality of Korean articles, indexing large number of local journals in prestigious bibliographic databases and launching new abstract and citation tracking databases or platforms (eg KoreaMed, KoreaMed Synapse, the Western Pacific Regional Index Medicus [WPRIM]). KAMJE encourages its member journals to upgrade science editing standards and to legitimately increase citation rates, primarily by publishing more great articles with global influence. Experience gained by KAMJE and problems faced by Korean editors may have global implications.
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic ; Databases, Factual ; Humans ; Publishing/*standards ; Republic of Korea

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of meta-analysis regarding exercise using Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) as well as to compare effect size according to outcomes. METHODS: Electronic databases including the Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS), the National Assembly Library and the DBpia, HAKJISAand RISS4U for the dates 1990 to January 2014 were searched for 'meta-analysis' and 'exercise' in the fields of medical, nursing, physical therapy and physical exercise in Korea. AMSTAR was scored for quality assessment of the 33 articles included in the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and chi2-test. RESULTS: The mean score for AMSTAR evaluations was 4.18 (SD=1.78) and about 67% were classified at the low-quality level and 30% at the moderate-quality level. The scores of quality were statistically different by field of research, number of participants, number of databases, financial support and approval by IRB. The effect size that presented in individual studies were different by type of exercise in the applied intervention. CONCLUSION: This critical appraisal of meta-analysis published in various field that focused on exercise indicates that a guideline such as the PRISMA checklist should be strongly recommended for optimum reporting of meta-analysis across research fields.
Databases, Factual ; *Exercise ; Humans ; Publishing/*standards ; Republic of Korea ; Research

Since medical equipment supervision and management regulations (Amendment) started modification in 2005, 7 years have passed. A few days ago, the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council issued Amendment Third Draft. After studied the draft, we feel it suits the medical device regulatory practice, has a new look, and introduces many new regulatory concepts, with innovative administrative license and regulatory design, of course, the new regulatory regime will inevitably initiate many new problems, explore some new system design. Therefore, based on preliminary interpretation, we publish some experiences, throw away a brick in order to get a gem.
Equipment and Supplies ; standards ; Government Regulation ; Publishing ; legislation & jurisprudence ; organization & administration

No abstract available.
Humans ; Periodicals as Topic/standards/*trends ; Publishing/standards/trends ; Republic of Korea ; Urology/standards/*trends

Humans ; Publishing ; standards ; Quality Control ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; standards ; Reproducibility of Results ; Research Design ; standards

Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating ; therapy ; Humans ; Lymphoma ; therapy ; Periodicals as Topic ; standards ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; standards ; Publishing ; standards

Our study aimed to amplify and explain the items of statistical reporting requirements proposed by medical journals, and to improve the statistical reporting quality of medical articles. Statistical reporting requirements were obtained from the reporting standards published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency of Health Research (EQUATOR) network, and the editorial board of Chinese Medical Journal, etc. The items involved in statistical reporting requirements were summarized as issues of study design, statistical analysis, and interpretation of results. Each item was amplified based on cases of original articles. It is noticeable that the statistical reporting requirements of English medical journals generally referring to guidance documents, including "Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly work in medical journals" proposed by the ICMJE, or the statements for different study types published by the EQUATOR network, where the statistical reporting of medical articles had been detailed specified. The statistical reporting requirements of Chinese medical journals, however, were usually stated by the editorial boards. Although the formats and contents of statistical analysis had been regulated, the requirements of Chinese medical journals were to some extent insufficient and should be enhanced in accordance with the international standards. In conclusion, the amplification and explanation of statistical reporting requirements were expected to help investigators understand the requirements for statistical reporting in medical researches, so as to effectively improve the quality of medical articles.
Biomedical Research ; Editorial Policies ; Humans ; Periodicals as Topic/standards* ; Publishing/standards* ; Reference Standards ; Research Design