Functional Somatic Syndromes: Emerging Biomedical Models and Traditional Chinese Medicine [Steven Tan, Kirsten Tillisch and Emeran Mayer, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Jun 2004; 1: 35–40. Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA]

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-48
Author(s):  
Jürgen Mücher
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Functional Somatic Syndromes ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

scholarly journals Testing the Traditional Chinese Medicine Consultation Model for Adherence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Amally Ding ◽  
Jignesh P. Patel ◽  
Vivian Auyeung
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Patient Adherence ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Consultation Model ◽  
Improve Patient ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Consultation Model for Adherence conceptualises the consultation process specific to patient adherence. It can be used to improve patient persistence with treatment by TCM practitioners and possibly other health professionals. The aim of this research was to determine the applicability of the TCM Consultation Model for Adherence in the wider complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) setting. A survey containing validated questionnaires and items developed specifically to test the model was administered online in the United Kingdom. SPSS 25 was used to perform Spearman’s correlations and Mann–Whitney U tests on the data. In total, 101 patients completed the survey. The results showed that patients having a therapeutic relationship and trusting in their practitioner was associated with overall adherence to CAM, while patients feeling supported was associated with all types of adherence to CAM. Specific behaviours of the TCM Consultation Model for Adherence that were positively correlated with adherence to CAM were identified. They could potentially be used by CAM practitioners to improve their patients’ adherence with treatment.

Os efeitos da acupuntura no tratamento da insônia:

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reginaldo Carvalho da Silva Filho ◽  
Gilmar Fernandes do Prado
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Para Determinar ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Introdução. A insônia é uma queixa muito comum e a acupuntu-ra tem sido empregada em seu tratamento por milhares de anos, porém até o momento não dispomos de estudos científicos com evidências que comprovem sua eficácia. Objetivo. Identificar es-tudos clínicos de valor científico sobre os efeitos da acupuntura no tratamento da insônia. Método. Revisão sistemática com busca de artigos nas bases de dados: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Bio- Med Central, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, SciELO, LILACS, ACUBRIEFS e Library of Shandong Unvier-sity of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Foram utilizadas as pala-vras chaves “ACUPUNTURA”, “AURICULAR” e “INSÔNIA”, em inglês, espanhol e francês. Foram incluídos ensaios clínicos, estudos ou séries de casos; com objetivo principal a avaliação do uso da acupuntura no tratamento da insônia; com desfecho a me-lhora, piora ou manutenção da insônia. Foram excluídos artigos sobre queixa diferente da insônia mesmo que relatasse alteração nesta queixa. Resultados. Foram encontrados 180 artigos, 31 pre-encheram os critérios de inclusão. Um total de 3574 pacientes fo-ram analisados, 1359 participaram de dos 11 estudos controlados. Os resultados nos grupos de acupuntura e controle, apareceram respectivamente em 412 (57,46%) e 141 (21,96%) para cura, 264 (36,82%) e 232 (36,14%) para melhora e 41 (5,72%) e 269 (41,90%) para falha. Conclusão. Os resultados encontrados suge-rem que a acupuntura pode ser uma intervenção eficaz para inso-nes, no entanto trabalhos com melhores e mais rigorosos métodos, como ensaios clínicos randomizados, controlados, simples-cego, e com amostras maiores devem ser realizados para determinar melhor a eficácia da acupuntura no tratamento da insônia.

scholarly journals Evidence-based Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine I: History

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Chiappelli ◽  
Paolo Prolo ◽  
Olivia S. Cajulis
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Medical Interventions ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Medical Tradition ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Contemporary Western medicine has witnessed a fragmentation of our conceptualization of the medical endeavor into ‘traditional medicine’ and ‘non-traditional medicine’. The former is meant to refer to the Western medical tradition, the latter encompasses both ‘complementary’ and ‘alternative’ medical practices. Complementary medicine complements conventional medical treatments, and alternative modes of medical interventions are meant to replace traditional Western medicine. Evidence-based research must be directed at establishing the best available evidence in complementary and alternative medicine. This paper is the first of a set of four ‘lectures’ that reviews the process of evidence-based research, and discusses its implications and applications for the early decades of the 21st century. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the series by examining some of the historical and philosophical foundations of this research endeavor.

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