A scoping review of cohort studies assessing traditional Chinese medicine interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Identifying topics and assessing the reporting quality of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) cohort studies.

Methods

A scoping review of the literature was performed. A descriptive approach to summarize the core study characteristics was prepared, along with structured tables and figures to identify salient points of differences noted across studies. The reporting quality of TCM cohort studies was assessed according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE)-cohort checklist.

Results

A total of 199 TCM cohort studies were included. The largest number of TCM cohort studies was conducted in Mainland China (70.9%). The TCM cohort study was first published in 2003. The top three diseases studied were Acquired Immune De

SUBMITTER: Duan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684743 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature