Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine

Zheng-kun Hou; Xiang Chang; Feng-bin Liu; Nelson Xie; Nicole Guo; Xin-lin Chen

doi:10.1007/s11655-016-2494-1

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Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine

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- Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 23, Issue 2, Pages: 146-152(2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Gastroenterology Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine,Guangzhou,China
  2. Encephalopathy Department, Xi’an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Xi’an,China
  3. Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California,San Diego,USA
  4. Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Statistics, School of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo,Australia
  5. Nursing Department, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park,Australia
  6. College of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine,Guangzhou,China
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81303148 and 81373786) and Scientific Research Program of Administrative Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province, China (No. 20132177)
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-016-2494-1
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- Published：2017，
  
  Published Online：4 April 2016，
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Hou, Zk., Chang, X., Liu, Fb. et al. Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 146–152 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2494-1

Zheng-kun Hou, Xiang Chang, Feng-bin Liu, et al. Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 23(2):146-152(2017)
Hou, Zk., Chang, X., Liu, Fb. et al. Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 146–152 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2494-1 DOI：

Zheng-kun Hou, Xiang Chang, Feng-bin Liu, et al. Controversies on the values for health instruments of Chinese medicine. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 23(2):146-152(2017) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-016-2494-1.

摘要

Currently

there are increasing debates on the necessity of health instruments in Chinese medicine (CM) emerging in China. This study aims to reevaluate its status and values. Analyzing the causes

limits

advantages

and properties characters of health instruments in CM

it is found that weak fundamental research

incomplete self-awareness

and complicated social factors are the primary causes of debates. A comprehensive analysis showed health instruments in CM have health evaluation benefits to people from a dominant Chinese culture

meet the requirements of cultural background

and bring long-term value to Chinese instrument researches. However

its values and status should be treated differently depending on various subtypes. Although little theoretical and practical evidences proved that patients-reported health instruments in CM should be proposed independently

the doctors- and nurses-reported questionnaires are necessary. With this in mind

the study group proposes the 'Chinese cultural instruments (CCIs)' and 'health-related CCIs'. The latter one aims to evaluate the health status of people in a dominant Chinese culture. The CCIs theory represents Chinese instrument researches on a larger regional and higher level

and resolves the debates on instruments between CM and Western medicine in China. Health instruments in CM bring more scientific and social benefits for Chinese instrument researches. However

it does not include cultural demands

and lacks scientific significance. CCIs have all its virtues

and add solutions to the latter's theory bottleneck and scientific debates

thus bringing increased benefits to clinical assessment in complementary and alternative medicine researches.

Abstract

Currently

there are increasing debates on the necessity of health instruments in Chinese medicine (CM) emerging in China. This study aims to reevaluate its status and values. Analyzing the causes

limits

advantages

and properties characters of health instruments in CM

it is found that weak fundamental research

incomplete self-awareness

and complicated social factors are the primary causes of debates. A comprehensive analysis showed health instruments in CM have health evaluation benefits to people from a dominant Chinese culture

meet the requirements of cultural background

and bring long-term value to Chinese instrument researches. However

the doctors- and nurses-reported questionnaires are necessary. With this in mind

and resolves the debates on instruments between CM and Western medicine in China. Health instruments in CM bring more scientific and social benefits for Chinese instrument researches. However

it does not include cultural demands

and lacks scientific significance. CCIs have all its virtues

and add solutions to the latter's theory bottleneck and scientific debates

thus bringing increased benefits to clinical assessment in complementary and alternative medicine researches.

关键词

Chinese cultureChinese Medicineinstrumentclinical outcome assessmentpatient-reported outcomevalue

Keywords

Chinese cultureChinese Medicineinstrumentclinical outcome assessmentpatient-reported outcomevalue

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