From: Reporting quality of Cochrane systematic reviews with Chinese herbal medicines
Category | Item | Specifics | Yes, n (%) |
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Title | 1. Title | Specific name of CHM intervention | 44 (40.4) |
Generalized name of CHM interventiona | 58 (53.2) | ||
The name of multiple interventions including CHMb | 7 (6.4) | ||
Introduction | 2. Rationale | TCM-related theoryc | 67 (61.5) |
Methods | 3. Information source | Chinese databased | 88 (80.7) |
Chinese medical journals (hand-search) | 23 (21.1) | ||
Chinese pharmaceutical company publications (hand-search) | 3 (2.8) | ||
No Chinese database or journals reported | 18 (16.5) | ||
4. Eligibility criteria for participants | Included TCM pattern/syndrome diagnosis criteria | 2 (1.8) | |
5. Eligibility criteria for outcomes | Included TCM-related outcomes | 4 (3.7) | |
6.Additional analyses | Considered CHM-specific characteristics | 47 (43.1) | |
Results | 7. Study characteristicse (n = 97) | For CHM interventions | |
Composition and dosage | 59 (60.8) | ||
Type of CHM | 93 (95.9) | ||
Dosage form | 84 (86.6) | ||
Source of CHM | 12 (12.4) | ||
Administration route | 89 (91.8) | ||
Time of administration | 95 (97.9) | ||
Quality control of CHM | 2 (2.1) | ||
For control groups | |||
Adequate reporting | 40 (41.2) | ||
8. Synthesis of resultsf (n = 85) | Meta-analyses were properly conductedg | 23 (27.1) | |
Discussion | 9. Summary of evidence and limitations | Included the TCM theories | 32 (29.4) |