Evaluation of the Quality of Case Reports from the Journal of Korean Medicine Based on the CARE Guidelines

Choi, Sung Youl

doi:10.13048/jkm.20019

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“…Additionally, a majority of articles lacked sufficient reporting of keywords. These findings align with previous research ( 22 , 36 ), except for the item of keyword reporting being adequate in prior studies. Well-written and well-presented case reports have the potential to detect early warning signs of prospective benefits and drawbacks.…”

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Quality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational StudiesQuality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational Studies

Norouzi,

Haghdoost,

Setayesh

2024

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Background: Although observational studies are valuable sources of scientific evidence, they are prone to bias and confounding. This study aimed to assess the quality of observational studies in Traditional Persian medicine (TPM). Methods: A systematic search was conducted in national and international databases up to the end of 2022 to identify observational studies on TPM. The quality of articles was evaluated using the STROBE checklist and CARE guidelines. Results: Out of the 192 articles identified, 109 met the eligible criteria for quality assessment. Cross-sectional and case-control studies had a mean STROBE score of 1.2±0.51 out of 2, with the introduction section scoring highest and the results and methods sections scoring lowest. The worst reported items in the method section involved sensitivity analyses, bias control, and management of missing data. Case reports and case series had a mean score of 1.4±0.55 out of 2, with the section on therapeutic interventions scoring the highest. Other sections like keywords, follow-up and outcomes, diagnostic assessment, patient perspective, and informed consent scored below one. Conclusion: Many reviewed articles did not adhere to the recommended formatting in the evaluation tools, making it challenging to assess their quality. Having said that, the quality of observational studies in the field of TPM is a point of concern.

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“…The tools and numbers calculated for measuring the quality of the articles had a ratio scale. Each item was scored on a scale of 0 to 2: 0 for no description, 1 for inadequate description, and 2 for adequate description ( 22 ). All items were weighted equally, and any items that did not apply to a specific study were labeled as inapplicable.…”

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Quality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational StudiesQuality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational Studies

Norouzi,

Haghdoost,

Setayesh

2024

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Analysis of the current status of quantitative literature evidence for the prescription of 56 herbal medicines covered by health insurance

Kim,

Shin

2023

J Korean Med

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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the current state of quantitative literature evidence for the prescription of 56 herbal medicines covered by health insurance that have been studied in Korea for the past 30 years, to evaluate the reliability of the evidence, and to find out the research direction of herbal medicine prescription in the future.Methods: 56 kinds of herbal medicine prescriptions were searched in domestic literature search databases OASIS, DBpia, and overseas PubMed, classified into chemistry, toxicity, cells, animals, clinical cases, and clinical trial studies, and built into an EBM pyramid structure.Results: When classified according to research contents, there were 61 cases (7.5%) of physicochemical analysis to identify constituent substances, 80 cases (9.8%) of toxicity evaluation, and 672 cases (82.7%) of efficacy evaluation. The efficacy evidence was classified according to the evidence-based medical pyramid structure: 196 cell trials (29.1%), 372 animal trials (55.4%), 89 case and case reporting series (13.3%), 7 comparative case studies (1.1%), and 8 randomized control clinical trials (1.2%). In the pyramid composition, the basis for the validity of 56 kinds of herbal medicines prescribed was 568 cases (84.5%) in cell and animal units, which could not be said to be highly reliable. There was no relationship between the ranking of quantitative literature evidence for herbal medicine prescriptions and the ranking of salary administration.Conclusions: In an era that continues to require scientific evidence for herbal medicine, traditional herbal medicine should secure the basis for safety validity even for the 10th most frequent prescription among 56 herbal medicine prescriptions for consumers. In particular, traditional herbal medicine should increase the quantitative and qualitative level of case reports on related herbal medicine prescriptions, focusing on each clinical society, and move toward comparative case studies and randomized clinical trial so that traditional herbal medicine is positioned as Evidence-based medicine.

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Evaluation of the Quality of Case Reports from the Journal of Korean Medicine Based on the CARE Guidelines

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Quality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational StudiesQuality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational Studies

Quality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational StudiesQuality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational Studies

Analysis of the current status of quantitative literature evidence for the prescription of 56 herbal medicines covered by health insurance

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