“Real-world Study”(RWS)-New Approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To explore new directions for traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) scientific research. [Method]Reviewing RWS overseas in recent years, with a randomized control ed trial(RCT) contrast, this study summarized the RWS features and discussed the limitations and advantages of RCT and RWS when carrying out the TCM scientific research.[Result] RWS is different from RCT in research purpose, brings into exclusion criteria, sample size, intervention and evaluation index, evaluation time, data col ection, management and statistical analysis method, etc. [Conclusion] Compared with RCT, RWS more fits the basic characteristics of TCM cal ed holistic concept and syndrome differentiation, is advantageous to the preservation of TCM, indicat-ing the new direction for TCM scientific research.