Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance ›› 2019, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (5): 301-310.

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Examples of Traditional Chinese Medicine Safety Systematic Review Based on PRISMA Harms Checklist

HU Ruixue1, WEN Lingzi1, YU Mingkun1, REN Yiming2, CAO Huijuan1, GAO Jiaqi2, LIU Kexin2#, ZHAO Luming2#, LI Yilin2#, LIN Ziyi2#, ZHANG Zixuan2#, MING Yang2#, WU Xuecen2#, LI Xun1, LIU Jianping1, FEI Yutong1,*   

  1. 1 Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, BUCM, Beijing 100029, China;
    2 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
  • Received:2019-01-16 Revised:2019-06-11 Online:2019-05-20 Published:2019-06-11

Abstract: Objective To provide examples for TCM safety systematic reviews based on PRISMA Harms checklist. Methods Three Chinese electronic databases (CNKI, WanFang and VIP) were searched from inception to October 2018. TCM safety systematic reviews were identified and extracted. Based on predefined criteria, reviews with contents that best meet the requirement of PRISMA Harms items were selected and provided as examples. One to two examples were provided for each item. Results 116 reviews were included and examples were selected from 25 papers, which were relatively consistent with the requirements of PRISMA Harms checklist items. Supplemental explanations were given when the examples had significant limitations. Conclusion Our study provided examples for the reporting of TCM safety systematic reviews according to PRISMA Harms. Examples were selected from published TCM systematic reviews, and may have limitations. An updated reporting examples will be considered with the publication of better quality systematic reviews.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), safety, systematic review, PRISMA Harms, example

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