• 1. Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, WuHan 430065, P. R. China;
  • 2. Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, WuHan 430071, P. R. China;
  • 3. Hubei Provincial Hospital of TCM Affiliated to Hubei University of TCM, WuHan 430061, P. R. China;
  • 4. Hubei Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, WuHan 430074, P. R. China;
  • 5. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education and Beijing, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, P. R. China;
  • 6. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Hubei Provincial Hospital of TCM, WuHan 430061, P. R. China;
SHANG Hongcai, Email: shanghongcai@126.com; ZHOU Zhongyu, Email: 2209447940@qq.com
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Objective To systematically review the methods of clinical practice guidelines for integration traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine (WM), in order to benefit the integration of TCM and WM in the future. Methods The PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, WanFang Data,VIP databases, Yimaitong website, National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), Guidelines International Network (GIN), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) were electronically searched to collect clinical practice guidelines of integrated TCM and WM. The search time limit was from the inception of the database to July 2022. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and then, descriptive analysis was performed using qualitative methods. Results A total of 54 guidelines were included. There were 25 guidelines that adopted the "combination of disease and syndrome" model of integrated TCM and WM, among which 20 adopted the "combination of disease period and syndrome" model, and the number of these guidelines increased with the time sequence. Among the 26 guidelines that provide ideas for the integration of TCM and WM, 22 guidelines clarify the relationship between the application of TCM and WM, among which 5 guidelines have A grade of quality evaluation, and a total of 61 articles were extracted to clarify the relationship between TCM and WM. Conclusion At the present stage, the recommendations of TCM and WM in most guidelines of integrated TCM and WM are still independent of each other, and there is no special thinking and research on how to integrate TCM and WM evidence organically to generate recommendations with important guiding value for actual diagnosis and treatment, which is difficult to truly guide clinical practice.

Citation: RAO Yingyue, JIN Yinghui, XIE Yinglan, SHANG Hongcai, ZHOU Zhongyu. Is the traditional Chinese and western medicine truly integrated organically?—A systematic review based on clinical practice guidelines of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2023, 23(10): 1156-1164. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202303128 Copy

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