Assessing acupuncture effect in the real world study

近年来,中医针灸以其独特的理论体系和显著的临床疗效正引领中医走向世界,然而机遇与挑战并存,尽管针灸疗法已经被公众广泛接受,但仍有西方研究者认为对于针灸疗法的有效性仍缺乏有力证据.本文通过回顾针灸临床试验研究的现状、分析其存在问题、结合真实世界临床研究方法学特点,提出针灸临床试验研究应把握针灸的理论和特点、遵循临床实际、借鉴真实世界研究方法学的研究思路,是深化针灸临床试验研究、评价针灸疗效、切实提高针灸疗效公信力,使针灸走向国际、为更多的地区和国家所接受的必要条件.

Acupuncture,with its unique set of theories and its evident results in clinical practice is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),and gaining recognition worldwide for the past few years.Although acupuncture treatment is generally accepted by the public,a few western researchers believe that sufficient evidence of its efficiency is still currently lacking,therefore creating a challenge of its acceptance on a wider scale.This article suggests the concepts of acupuncture behind clinical researches by reviewing the clinical researches done,analyzing the existing problems,and integrating real life acupuncture into the research process.By increasing the credibility of acupuncture,its reach can be extended globally and to more countries and regions.