Building a bridge for integrating Chinese medicine into conventional healthcare: observations drawn from the development of the Chinese quality of life instrument.
| dc.contributor.author | Zhao, Li | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, Kelvin C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-06-10T09:46:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-06-10T09:46:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 33(6): 897-902 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0192-415X | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 16355446 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1142/S0192415X05003533 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/29758 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper describes the methods and theories of patient-reported outcomes, in particular to the health-related quality of life recently applied in Chinese medicine research. It begins with an investigation of the reasons for a patient-reported outcomes measure for Chinese medicine and the development of a new health-related quality of life instrument based on Chinese culture and Chinese medicine. Discussions on the importance and application of patient-reported outcomes as well as the relationship between quality of life and Chinese medicine are at the focus of this paper. Through a description of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument and its development, the present work demonstrates an evidence-based approach using patient-reported outcomes or health-related quality of life measures to evaluate treatment efficacy of Chinese medicine, and thereby build a bridge for the integration of Chinese medicine into mainstream health care. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | World Scientific Publishing Company | |
| dc.relation.url | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0192415X05003533 | |
| dc.subject | Chinese medicine | |
| dc.subject | Herbal medicine | |
| dc.subject | Chinese Quality of Life Instrument (ChQOL) | |
| dc.subject | Plants, Medicinal | |
| dc.subject | Chinese herbs | |
| dc.subject.mesh | China | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Medicine, Chinese Traditional | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Outcome Assessment (Health Care) | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Primary Health Care | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Psychometrics | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Quality of Life | |
| dc.subject.mesh | Questionnaires | |
| dc.title | Building a bridge for integrating Chinese medicine into conventional healthcare: observations drawn from the development of the Chinese quality of life instrument. | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| dc.identifier.journal | The American Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| html.description.abstract | This paper describes the methods and theories of patient-reported outcomes, in particular to the health-related quality of life recently applied in Chinese medicine research. It begins with an investigation of the reasons for a patient-reported outcomes measure for Chinese medicine and the development of a new health-related quality of life instrument based on Chinese culture and Chinese medicine. Discussions on the importance and application of patient-reported outcomes as well as the relationship between quality of life and Chinese medicine are at the focus of this paper. Through a description of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument and its development, the present work demonstrates an evidence-based approach using patient-reported outcomes or health-related quality of life measures to evaluate treatment efficacy of Chinese medicine, and thereby build a bridge for the integration of Chinese medicine into mainstream health care. |
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