title: [Literature quality evaluation criteria for Clinical Practice Guideline of Evidence-based Acupuncture and Moxibustion].
abstract: In Clinical Practice Guideline of Evidence-based Acupuncture and Moxibustion, following principles and methods of evidence-based medicine, in combination with characteristics of acupuncture and moxibustion science, primary literature quality assessment criteria and corresponding scale were stipulated and were repeatedly seeked advice from experts and proved, finally, forming the assessment criteria: (1) Evaluation criteria of literature quality for RCT; (2) Evaluation criteria of literature quality for non-randomly controlled trials; (3) Evaluation criteria of literature quality for cases-study trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guang' anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China. liuzhishun@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Zhi-Shun
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei-Na
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Yan-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D015706:Bibliometrics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic