Quality assessment on the case reports in based on the guideline for the case report of TCM in China / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To carry on the quality assessment of the case reports published in .@*METHODS@#The case reports were retrieved electronically published in from 2006 to 2016. The was adopted to assess the quality of case report, in which, 15 items were included. The percentage of each item was calculated as the quality score.@*RESULTS@#Totally, 288 case reports were included. The reports on the title, patient's information, clinical manifestations and treatment measures were quite complete (accounting to over 90%). But the report was limited on the key words, abstract, background and the informed consent. The overall quality score was low (accounting to 88.19%). Of 288 case reports, only 34 case reports (accounting to 11.81%) were of the high quality. The overall quality score of the inclusive literatures was in the range from 29 to 31 points.@*CONCLUSION@#It is necessary to improve the quality of case report on acupuncture and moxibustion. It is anticipated to develop the writing guideline for the case report on acupuncture and moxibustion for the contribution to the development of acupuncture and moxibustion.