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YANG Fengwen, TIAN Jinhui, ZHANG Junhua, et al. Methods and Key Points in Network Meta-analysis for Chinese Medicine[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(10): 841-844.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.10.009.
Methods and Key Points in Network Meta-analysis for Chinese Medicine
As a new method of meta-analysis originating from indirect comparison
network meta-analysis(NMA) can compare the effects of multiple interventions simultaneously and order them by their effects. The application of this secondary research method in Chinese medicine is just in the initial stage
so the corresponding standards are needed in order to control or reduce the effects of biases. This article discusses the essentials and methods of NMA in Chinese medicine from five aspects
i. e. identifying a research problem
choosing study subjects
creating a strategy for document retrieval and analysis
holding the principles and methods of data analysis and reporting the results reasonably. Some key points in NMA are also discussed according to the characteristics of Chinese medicine
which could provide a reference to future NMA for Chinese medicine.
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