Developing the criteria for evaluating quality of individualization in homeopathic clinical trial reporting: a preliminary study / 中西医结合学报
Journal of Integrative Medicine
;
(12): 13-19, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-308221
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>This study describes the development of a preliminary version of an instrument that attempts to assess the quality of reports of individualized homeopathic prescriptions in clinical trials and observational studies.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A multidisciplinary panel of 15 judges produced an initial version of the instrument through iterative Delphi rounds and pilot-tested the instrument on five clinical trials. Later they assessed, under blind conditions, the individualization quality of 40 randomly-selected research reports. The final version of the instrument included six criteria. These items were scored consistently by all the raters regardless of background.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The instrument appeared to have adequate face and content validity, acceptable internal consistency or reliability (Cronbach's α 0.606 - 0.725), significant discriminant validity (F = 398.7; P < 0.000 1), moderate interrater reliability (Fleiss κ 0.533), agreeable test-retest reliability (Cohen's κ 0.765 - 0.934), moderate sensitivity (0.4; 95% confidence interval 0.253-0.566), and high specificity (1.0; 95% confidence interval 0.891-1.000).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The initial data suggest that this instrument may be a promising systematic tool amendable for further development.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality Control
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Reference Standards
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
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Precision Medicine
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Homeopathy
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Diagnostic study
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Evaluation studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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