Abstract
We presented a study protocol of developing Chinese medicine clinical practice guidelines for three common diseases in Hong Kong, including insomnia, chronic gastritis, and cerebral infarction. This research project will be conducted in three phases. First phase is the preparation stage which consists of the establishment of steering committee and panel. Second phase involves 6 steps, which are searching and identifying evidence, text mining process, Delphi survey, synthesizing of data, consensus conference, and drafting guidelines. In this phase, text mining technique, evidence-based method, and formal consensus method are combined to get consolidated supporting data as the source of CM CPGs. The final phase comprised external reviews, dissemination, and updating. The outputs from this project will provide three CM CPGs for insomnia, chronic gastritis, and cerebral infarction for Hong Kong local use.
Highlights
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are commonly defined as “systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances” [1]
In this study protocol we aim to develop Chinese medicine (CM) CPGs in three areas which are of high disease burden and the evidence of effective practice is available in Hong Kong
The evidence body has been successfully used in the development of first evidence-based Chinese medicine clinical practice guidelines (CM CPGs) [8]
Summary
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are commonly defined as “systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances” [1]. They can improve health outcomes, the quality of clinical decisions, efficiency, and optimistic value for money [2]. In Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine developed local CPGs on the basis of the consensus of experts and the guidelines formulated by the major medical organizations worldwide mentioned above [3]. The increased use of CM has attracted public concern over the issue of its secure application. To provide more trustworthy CM CPGs, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences had developed evidence-based CM CPGs [8], which were the first evidence-based CM CPGs in the world through international multidisciplinary collaboration with more than 200 experts
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