Potential Facilitators and Barriers to Awareness of N-of-1 Trials for Physicians in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Conclusions • The results highlight the possible interest of TCM clinicians in the methods of N-of-1 trials; meanwhile, the study's data stress the need for appropriate medical education and recommendations based on available evidence. Further efforts in the area should emphasize the benefits for patients and funders. The training is necessary in TCM clinical practice to improve the evidence quality of studies on TCM. PMID: 28987076 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - October 2, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Li J, Wei D, Niu J, Yang M, Ge L, Wang X, Yuan W, Tian J, Shang H, Zhai J, Yang K, Dai M Tags: Altern Ther Health Med Source Type: research