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KMID : 1123920140280010137
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2014 Volume.28 No. 1 p.137 ~ p.145
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Study on the Current Situation and Issues for Clinical Research in Korean Medicine worldwide - Future Clinical Research Strategy I -
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Jung Ki-Yong
Go Ho-Yeon
Sun Seung-Ho
Jeong Jong-Jin
Park Jeong-Su
Song Yun-Kyung
Kim Tae-Hoon
Hong Sung-In
Choi You-Kyung
Ko Seong-Gyu
Lim Eun-Mee
Lee Choong-Yeol
Park Jong-Hyeong
Jeon Chan-Yong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the strategy of future Korean medicine(KM) clinical research through the study on the current situation and issues for KM clinical research worldwide. In this study, the papers published in English through Pubmed were investigated mainly. And we analyzed the methodological issues from the clinical research reports in the KM fields. As a result of examining the current situation of the RCTs(Randomized Controlled Trials) studies in KM, the sample size for most studies was small and the overall methodological quality appeared to be low. And there was a discussion about whether or not to apply RCTs method to the KM clinical research. The majority of studies have argued the use of RCTs method for KM clinical research. In addition, we could find some problems through the analysis of KM clinical studies. First, the majority of RCTs in KM were of low quality. Second, RCTs method was applied to the KM clinical studies according to the Western medicine methods only. Third, the actual KM diagnosis was not used in the KM studies and inadequate outcomes measurement methods were utilized without considering the characteristics of KM practice. The methodological issues in the KM clinical research were caused by the conflict between the characteristics of KM practice and clinical research method based on the western medicine.
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KEYWORD
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Clinical Research, Korean Medicine(KM), Methodology, Issues
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