• 1. Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China;
  • 2. School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 3. The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 4. The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
SHANGHong-cai, Email: shanghongcai@126.com
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Objective To evaluate the quality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) guidelines, so as to provide evidence for developing similar guidelines. Methods We systematically searched TCM guidelines published in domestic medical journals from WanFang Data, VIP, CNKI and CBM. We also searched Google, Amazon.cn and dangdang.com by hand in order to obtain TCM guidelines published in monographs. And we used AGREE II instrument to assess the methodological quality of included guidelines. Results A total of 115 guidelines (87 published in domestic medical journals and 28 published in monographs) were included. Scaled domain percentages from highest to lowest were:scope and purpose (41%), stakeholder involvement (28%), clarity of presentation (33%), rigour of development (20%), editorial independence (9%) and applicability (7%). Conclusion There is still a large gap about methodological quality between TCM guidelines and international guidelines. So the guideline developers should systematically search, evaluate and synthesize the evidence based on structured problems. At the same time, they also need to consider the costs of recommendations, the implementation environment and the patients' preference and values. On this basis, the developer could further increase the transparency and independence during developing TCM guidelines.

Citation: CHENYao-long, ZHOUQi, CUIRong-rong, YANGNan, XIAOShu-jun, SHANGHong-cai. Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guidelines based on AGREE Ⅱ Instrument. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(11): 1331-1337. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160201 Copy

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