Analysis and thought on reaching the consensus during the development of acupuncture and moxibustion clinical practice guidelines in China.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210822-0006
- Author:
Nan DING
1
;
Xiao-Dong WU
1
;
Nan-Qi ZHAO
1
;
Jing-Yun YUAN
2
;
Guo-Feng DONG
1
;
Xin WANG
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
2. School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of CM.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acupuncture and moxibustion;
clinical practice guidelines;
consensus
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Acupuncture Therapy/methods*;
China;
Consensus;
Moxibustion;
Practice Guidelines as Topic
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2022;42(3):337-342
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Based on the 28 Chinese clinical practice guidelines of acupuncture and moxibustion, this study summarized and analyzed the contents related to reaching consensus during the development process. The results indicated that all the 28 guidelines reported they have used consensus in the "recommendations" section, and provided details on consensus personnel, consensus methods, consensus process and consensus materials. However, it was found that the reporting of consensus was in need of further improvement. The limitations included unclear definition and responsibilities of "expert group", obscure concept between "consensus meeting" and "expert discussion", non-rigorous process of reaching consensus when generating recommendations and lacking of detailed reporting of the consensus reaching process. As such, we suggested that future researchers should conduct researches to further standardized the consensus process when developing acupuncture and moxibustion clinical practice guidelines, so as to improve the quality and clinical applicability of guidelines．.
