Current status of case reports and case series reported by Korean Medicine doctors in primary clinics: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to review the current quantity and quality of case reports and case series published by clinical doctors who worked in local Korean medicine clinics.

Methods

Seven electronic databases, one in English and six in Korean, were searched for case studies authored by clinically-based Korean Medicine doctors (KMDs) and published in academic journals between January 2000 and December 2018. The following data were extracted: the number of cases per article, authorship order, types of academic journals, the number of articles published in the domestic or international academic journals by publication year, citation counts, and classification of diseases. We assessed the quality of the reports based on 28 items from the CAse REport (CARE) checklist.

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SUBMITTER: Park JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7236045 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature