Objective To analysis the evidence types and characteristics of citations and recommend ations in"clinical application guidelines of Chinese patent medicines for treatment of dominant diseases",and provide instruction for fully and reasonably utilizing evidence in making clinical guidelines of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)in the future.Methods The standardized items and published guidelines were cooptated into a series of"clinical application guidelines of Chinese patent medicines for treatment of dominant diseases",and information of citations and recommend ations were extracted and analyzed.Results There were totally 29"clinical application guidelines of Chinese patent medicines for treatment of dominant diseases"included with 262 recommend ations and 2308 citations.An average of 89 evidences were cited in each guideline and 8 evidences were cited in each recommend ation.The main type of evidence literature was randomized controlled trails,which accounting for 89%,and systematic reviews only accounted for 0.9%.Conclusion A series of"clinical application guidelines of Chinese patent medicines for treatment of dominant diseases"have definite recommend ations and increased citations,but there are problems of incomplete cited evidences and low-quality evidences.The developers of TCM guidelines should rationally utilize various available evidences at present,broaden evidence sources,and pay attention to position and the signification of systematic review in recommend ation formation.
关键词
中成药/指南/引文/证据类型
Key words
Chinese Patent Medicines/Guideline/citations/Evidence types