Objective To understand the research status of patients′ values and preferences in the field of traditional Chinese medicine（TCM）. Methods The Chinese and English medical literature databases were searched. The literature time was from the establishment of the database to March 4

2019. The evidence-based medical monographs published in recent 10 years were manually searched. A qualitative and quantitative analysis were used to statistically analyze the publication year

author area

research purpose

type of research design

TCM interventions

and type of disease of the study subject. The data were expressed as percentages. Results A total of 116 papers were included

of which 23 were Chinese and 93 were English. The research contents included 6 types such as patients′ willingness to treat

willingness to seek medical treatment

treatment satisfaction

self-management

clinical decision-making

and patient-centeredness

and 4 types of TCM intervention measures including Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture were researched. The study subjects were mainly composed of patients with unlimited disease types. Design types included quantitative research

qualitative research

and mixed research designs. Existing research took patient values and preferences as part of research

such as improving clinical research design

formulating clinical practice guidelines

and forming core index sets. Conclusion The status of TCM patients′ values and preferences in clinical research has gradually been paid more attention. At present

the treatment content of patients with chronic diseases is the main research content

and cross-sectional and qualitative research are mostly used. Existing research has a vague concept of patient values and preferences

and lacks scientific research assessment tools. Therefore

further research is needed.