Literature review and analysis of the development of health outcomes assessment instruments in Chinese medicine

OBJECTIVE： To evaluate the development of health outcomes assessment instruments in Chinese medicine. METHODS： A comprehensive literature search for all published articles in China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Chongqing VIP Database and WANFANG Data was conducted. The studies that met...

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Published in:Journal of integrative medicine 2013-03, Vol.11 (2), p.80-89
Main Authors: Liu, Feng-bin, Hou, Zheng-kun, Yang, Yun-ying, Zhang, Zheng-zheng, Xie, Di, Xie, Nelson, Nguyen, Hong Thach
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliography of Medicine
China
Chinese medicine
Databases, Factual
health outcomes
health-related quality of life
Humans
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
outcome assessment (health care)
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods
patient-reported outcome
questionnaire
satisfaction
中国
健康
医学仪器
医学文献
医药卫生
国家知识基础设施
文献检索
评估工具
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Summary:OBJECTIVE： To evaluate the development of health outcomes assessment instruments in Chinese medicine. METHODS： A comprehensive literature search for all published articles in China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Chongqing VIP Database and WANFANG Data was conducted. The studies that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to extract information according to a predesigned assessment instrument. RESULTS： A total of 97 instruments for health outcome assessment in Chinese medicine were identified. Of these questionnaires, 7 were generic, 12 were condition-specific and 78 were disease-specific. All instruments were suitable for adults, children, and both men and women. These instruments aimed to evaluate the health-related quality of life, signs and symptoms as well as patient satisfaction and doctor-reported outcome. However, the descriptions were poorly constructed for some of the most basic parameters, such as the domains and items, administrative mode, response options, memory recall periods, burden evaluation, format, copyright, content validity, and other properties. CONCLUSION： The instrument development for health outcomes assessment in Chinese medicine is increasing rapidly; however, there are many limitations in current methodologies and standards, and further studies are needed.
ISSN:2095-4964
DOI:10.3736/jintegrmed2013018