Experimental Studies of Inter-Rater Agreement in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: It has been recommended that clinical trials of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) would be more ecologically valid if its characteristic mode of diagnostic reasoning were integrated into their design. In that context, however, it is also widely held that demonstrating a high level of agreement on initial TCM diagnoses is necessary for the replicability that the biomedical paradigm requires for the conclusions from such trials. Our aim was to review, summarize, and critique quantitative experimental studies of inter-rater agreement in TCM, and some of their underlying assumptions. Design: Systematic electronic searches were conducted for articles that reported a quantitative measure of inter-rater agreement across a number of rating choices based on

SUBMITTER: Jacobson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864748 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature