Cochrane systematic reviews of Chinese herbal medicines: an overview.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

our study had two objectives: a) to systematically identify all existing systematic reviews of Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) published in Cochrane Library; b) to assess the methodological quality of included reviews.

Methodology/principal findings

We performed a systematic search of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR, Issue 5, 2010) to identify all reviews of CHM. A total of fifty-eight reviews were eligible for our study. Twenty-one of the included reviews had at least one Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner as its co-author. 7 reviews didn't include any primary study, the remaining reviews (n = 51) included a median of 9 studies and 936 participants. 50% of reviews were last assessed as up-to-date prior to 2008. The questions addresse

SUBMITTER: Hu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3235143 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature