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KMID : 0363620100310050001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2010 Volume.31 No. 5 p.1 ~ p.11
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A Systematic Review from the Journals under the Korean Oriental Medical Society
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Lee Kyu-Sun
Park Dong-Hee
Kim Gae-eun
Bang Ji-Hyun
Kim Jae-Hwan
Choi Joon-Yong
Jung Doo-Young
Jung Sung-Ki
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate any clinical studies regarding rhinitis published by the Korean Oriental Medical Society and its sub-societies for future rigorous clinical research.
Methods: Every article relevant to rhinitis was initially obtained from journals of the Korean Oriental Medical Society and its sub-societies by electronic search at journal web sites or manual searches. Journals were limited to those registered with the Korea Research Foundation. From initial findings, two independent reviewers selected clinical articles and these articles were further analyzed separately by predefined criteria according to prospective and retrospective studies. For prospective studies, quality assessment was also conducted.
Results: From 36 initially obtained articles, 17 were finally analyzed. 2 articles were randomized controlled studies, 6 articles were prospective whereas 9 were retrospective. In the prospective articles, there were no randomized controlled trials and the other non-randomized studies had no control group with several problems of quality regarding pre-calculated study size and unbiased assessment. None of the retrospective studies described rhinitis diagnosis objectively and outcome measures were either non-relevant to rhinitis or non-validated.
Conclusions: Further well-designed randomized controlled studies for rhinitis are mandatory and more rigorous non-randomized controlled studies should be conducted.
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KEYWORD
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review, rhinitis, case reports, randomized controlled trial
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