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KMID : 0615720110280040057
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2011 Volume.28 No. 4 p.57 ~ p.64
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rrent Evidence of Acupuncture in the Cochrane Databse of Systematic Reviews: an Overview
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Kim Kun-Hyung
Noh Seung-Hee
Lee Myeong-Soo
Yang Gi-Young
Shin Byung-Cheul
Kim Jae-Kyu
Lee Byung-Ryul
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of this study is to overview the current status of Cochrane systematic review of acupuncture.
Methods: Published Cochrane systematic reviews and protocols for evaluating acupuncture and/or moxibustion were searched by the terms ’acupuncture’ and ’moxibustion’ in Issue 1, Cochrane Library, 2011. Only reviews or protocols that regarded acupuncture or moxibustion as primary methods of intervention in their reviews were included. Data regarding first author national affiliation, intervention and disease, as well as the number of reviews or protocols that included Korean, Chinese, or Japanese databases in search strategies were obtained.
Results: We found 92 hits at screening, and 59 studies were eligible for this review. Included interventions were acupuncture (n=56), auricular acupuncture (n=2), and moxibustion (n=1) for various diseases and conditions. The number of publications of Cochrane systematic reviews or protocols increased gradually from 2002 to 2011. First authors’ affiliations were located in China (n=32), Australia (n=8), UK (n=7), Canada (n=4), U.S. (n=4), Germany (n=2), Norway, (n=1) and Korea (n=1). 44, four and four Cochrane reviews adopted Chinese, Korean and Japanese databases, respectively.
Conclusions: Search strategies in a substantial number of Cochrane reviews or protocols for acupuncture and moxibustion heavily relied on Chinese databases. Korean databases were underused in existing Cochrane reviews and protocols, and Korean authors were much less involved in the Cochrane systematic reviews or protocols than Chinese authors. Further studies need to be conducted in order to incorporate evidence of acupuncture reported in Korean databases into the Cochrane systematic reviews.
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KEYWORD
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acupuncture, moxibustion, Cochrane systematic review, evidence based medicine
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