• 1. Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, BeiJing, 100029, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Oncology, The XiYuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, BeiJing, 100091, P.R.China;
  • 3. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, P.R.China;
  • 4. Department of Oncology, The XiYuan Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, BeiJing, 100091, P.R.China;
  • 5. Department of Galactophore, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, BeiJing, 100029, P.R.China;
FEI Yutong, Email: yutong_fei@163.com
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Objectives To explore the characteristics of Chinese methodological studies on patient compliance in clinical trials so as to provide reference for clinical trial of patient compliance in future.Methods CNKI, VIP, CBM and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect methodological studies on patient compliance in clinical trials published in Chinese language from January 2000 to December 2018. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and then, qualitative analysis of document characteristics was then performed.Results A total of 84 articles were included, in which 68 were studies on Western medicine and 16 were studies on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The results showed that: the quantity of studies on patient compliance increased along with time. However, those in TCM field did not increase. All included studies summarized their strategies to improve patient compliance, however key information for quality evaluation were missing.Conclusions There is still a lack of research on how to improve patients’ compliance in clinical trials to ensure the reliability of the results. Existing studies have not systematically and comprehensively explored the influencing factors of patients’ compliance. Clinical trials researchers in China have not focused sufficiently to patients’ compliance and lack the proper methodology to frame studies.

Citation: YU Mingkun, XU Yun, HU Ruixue, WEN Lingzi, LI Xun, ZHAO Zongyao, YAN Shaohua, YAN Yunzi, ZHAO Na, LIU Jianping, FEI Yutong. Characteristics of the methodological studies on patient compliance in clinical trials in China. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(6): 708-714. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201812053 Copy

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