Reporting Traditional Chinese Medicine morbidity - A University of Technology, Sydney, project with an emphasis on developing standards for testing and reporting data

Meier, PC; Rogers, C

Reporting Traditional Chinese Medicine morbidity - A University of Technology, Sydney, project with an emphasis on developing standards for testing and reporting data

Meier, PC

Rogers, C

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Citation:: Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2006, 12 (6), pp. 529 - 534
Issue Date:: 2006-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Meier, PC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6911-3511	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rogers, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2006, 12 (6), pp. 529 - 534	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1075-5535	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4406
dc.description.abstract	Objectives: Morbidity in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) research is an emerging field. Few studies have been published, and there is a lack of international standards for data collection and reporting. Based on the experience of developing a computerized system for patient data collection at the University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) Acupuncture Clinic (Sydney, Australia), and reporting results from that database, a start can be made toward developing guidelines for reporting similar results from TCM clinical audits. Methods: This study reports on data relating to 5735 patients who had undergone 29,697 treatments. Patient information is collected by a computerized database recording International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) reason for encounter (RFE) and symptom for encounter (SFE) data and TCM tongue, pulse, diagnostic, and treatment data. Data coding is automated, and systems for reliability testing and error reporting were developed. Results: UTS data has a 2.7% error rate and is within international standards of 5% error. Sixty-one-point-three percent (61.3%) of patients were female and of these, 59.45 were 25-44 years of age. Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common presentation (41.4%) of all RFE, followed by general disorders (13.1%) and digestive disorders (8.1%). Conclusions: International standards must be set for TCM morbidity data collection methods and reporting. It is hoped that the methods described and reported in this paper are an initial step in the setting of such standards and that they will be adopted by other researchers. In particular, methods for testing and reporting data reliability must be adopted if TCM morbidity studies are to maintain any credibility. © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1089/acm.2006.12.529	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Medicine, Chinese Traditional	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Medical Records	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Reproducibility of Results	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Evidence-Based Medicine	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Research Design	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adult	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Child	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Child, Preschool	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Infant	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Infant, Newborn	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Medical Audit	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.title	Reporting Traditional Chinese Medicine morbidity - A University of Technology, Sydney, project with an emphasis on developing standards for testing and reporting data	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.for	1104 Complementary and Alternative Medicine	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Medical and Molecular Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	6	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	12	en_US

Abstract:

Objectives: Morbidity in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) research is an emerging field. Few studies have been published, and there is a lack of international standards for data collection and reporting. Based on the experience of developing a computerized system for patient data collection at the University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) Acupuncture Clinic (Sydney, Australia), and reporting results from that database, a start can be made toward developing guidelines for reporting similar results from TCM clinical audits. Methods: This study reports on data relating to 5735 patients who had undergone 29,697 treatments. Patient information is collected by a computerized database recording International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) reason for encounter (RFE) and symptom for encounter (SFE) data and TCM tongue, pulse, diagnostic, and treatment data. Data coding is automated, and systems for reliability testing and error reporting were developed. Results: UTS data has a 2.7% error rate and is within international standards of 5% error. Sixty-one-point-three percent (61.3%) of patients were female and of these, 59.45 were 25-44 years of age. Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common presentation (41.4%) of all RFE, followed by general disorders (13.1%) and digestive disorders (8.1%). Conclusions: International standards must be set for TCM morbidity data collection methods and reporting. It is hoped that the methods described and reported in this paper are an initial step in the setting of such standards and that they will be adopted by other researchers. In particular, methods for testing and reporting data reliability must be adopted if TCM morbidity studies are to maintain any credibility. © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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