Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Activity in Switzerland. A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis

medRxiv - Health Systems and Quality Improvement Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI:10.1101/2024.07.10.24310251

Bingjun Chen, Xiaoying Lyu, Koryna Lottenbach, Chantal Zeier, Dominic Jaminet, Sarangoo Solongo, Hummel Timo, Wicker Talia, Ahmet Sevik, Xiaying Wang, Michael Hammes, Yiming Li, Saroj K. Pradhan, Michael Furian

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Importance Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) becomes popular in Switzerland, however, Swiss TCM research activity and scientific output have not been investigated. Objective To describe the Swiss TCM research activities and main health conditions studied. Data Source A systematic literature search of PubMed and Embase was performed from database inception to December 31st, 2023. Study Selection Articles describing a TCM-related therapy modality in humans with at least one author affiliated with a Swiss institution. Data Extraction Primary and secondary outcomes, as well as study and author characteristics were extracted from included articles. Main Outcomes and Measures The main outcome was the main health condition studied. Secondary outcomes are the total number of articles published over time, the TCM therapies used, and the Swiss institutions involved. Results Of the 223 articles included, 68.2% of published articles originated from the top 3 of 73 (4.1%) Swiss institutions, namely the University of Zurich (32.3%), University of Bern (30.0%) and University of Basel (7.6%). Overall, 116 (52.0%) articles described original studies including 36 (31.0%) articles reporting findings from randomized clinical trials, 29 (25.0%) from cross-sectional studies, 20 (17.2%) from prospective cohort studies, 19 (16.4%) from case reports and 12 (10.3%) from retrospective studies. The top health categories studied were Pain Management (16.4%), Psychology and Behaviour (8.6%), Neurology (6.9%), and Oncology (6.9%). The most used TCM therapies were acupuncture or moxibustion (61.2%), combination of several treatments (15.5%), herbal medicine (10.3%), and Qi Gong or martial arts (9.5%). Conclusion and Relevance Until 2023, the total number of scientific TCM output by Swiss authors is steadily increasing but remains small. More effort to conducted TCM research and to elucidate the TCM therapy effects in Switzerland is warranted.

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瑞士的中医药研究活动。系统回顾与文献计量分析

重要意义中医药（TCM）在瑞士广受欢迎，但瑞士的中医药研究活动和科学成果尚未得到调查。目的描述瑞士中医药研究活动和研究的主要健康状况。数据来源对 PubMed 和 Embase 进行了系统的文献检索，检索时间从数据库建立之初至 2023 年 12 月 31 日。研究选择至少有一名作者隶属于瑞士机构、描述了与中医药相关的人体治疗方法的文章。数据提取从纳入的文章中提取主要和次要结果以及研究和作者特征。主要结果和衡量标准主要结果是研究的主要健康状况。次要结果是在一段时间内发表的文章总数、使用的中医疗法以及所涉及的瑞士机构。结果在收录的 223 篇文章中，68.2% 的发表文章来自 73 所瑞士院校中的前三名（4.1%），即苏黎世大学（32.3%）、伯尔尼大学（30.0%）和巴塞尔大学（7.6%）。总体而言，有 116 篇（52.0%）文章介绍了原创研究，其中 36 篇（31.0%）报告了随机临床试验结果，29 篇（25.0%）报告了横断面研究结果，20 篇（17.2%）报告了前瞻性队列研究结果，19 篇（16.4%）报告了病例，12 篇（10.3%）报告了回顾性研究结果。研究最多的健康类别是疼痛管理（16.4%）、心理和行为（8.6%）、神经病学（6.9%）和肿瘤学（6.9%）。使用最多的中医疗法是针灸（61.2%）、多种疗法结合（15.5%）、中药（10.3%）和气功或武术（9.5%）。结论与现实意义 2023年前，瑞士作者的中医药科研成果总数将稳步增长，但仍然较少。瑞士应加大力度开展中医药研究，并阐明中医药的治疗效果。

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