• School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Southern Medical University,510515;
LU Zhiping, Email: lzping@fimmu.com
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Objective  To explore the condition and quality of domestic clinical therapeutic studies on integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine for posthepatitic cirrhosis in recent 30 years.
Methods  Jadad scale was used to score 121 literatures selected from January 1980 to January 2010 in periodicals of domestic authoritative resources databases, such as CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, and CBM. Systematic reviews were conducted to 39 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) literatures of treating posthepatitic cirrhosis with integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine scored two or more points.
Results  In 30 years, the main problems existing in domestic posthepatitic cirrhosis clinical research of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine were as follows: the design of clinical RCTs was not strict enough; there was deficiency in the use of blind method; the standardized and uniformed research standard were insufficiency; the sample content was low without specific estimation methods; there was lack of analyses in compliance with cases falling off or without follow-up; and the report of adverse reaction and the quality of life research was neglected.
Conclusion  Posthepatitic cirrhosis therapy of integrated traditional Chinese and western medical is of “personalized” and “diversified” characteristics. Its therapeutic effects are significantly better than those of pure western medicine and worthy to be popularized in the clinic. However, the quality and level of its clinical scientific research methods still need further improvement.

Citation: CHEN Lei,DING Xiufang,LU Zhiping. Randomized Controlled Trials of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment for Posthepatitic Cirrhosis: Literature Quality Evaluation. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 11(6): 716-720. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20110125 Copy

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