Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus have high incidence rate and mortality rate, which pose a continuous challenge to the health of modern society. There is a close relationship between coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus. The risk of coronary heart disease in diabetics is 2-4 times higher than that in non diabetic patients. The course of treatment is longer and there are more adverse reactions. The use of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of coronary heart disease complicated with diabetes can not only effectively avoid the disadvantages of traditional drug treatment, but also achieve the goal of treating both symptoms and root causes, so as to comprehensively improve the prognosis and quality of life. TCM related clinical trials have been on the rise annually. However, the heterogeneity of these trial results pose as an obstacle for synthesizing clinical results in meta-analyses, thus reducing the value of clinical trials. There is also a risk of bias for selective reporting in clinical trials. Therefore, it is necessary and urgent to establish a core outcome set (COS) on TCM for coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus.
ContributorsPrincipal investigator:
Ming Ren, Baokang Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin University of traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
Junhua Zhang, Mingyan Zhang, Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
Other contributors: Huiyi Zhao, Xiangyu Zhang, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
Disease Category: Heart & circulation
Disease Name: Coronary heart disease (CHD), Diabetes mellitus
Age Range: 0 - 100
Sex: Either
Nature of Intervention: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Clinical experts
- Conference participants
- Consumers (caregivers)
- Consumers (patients)
- COS for practice
- Consensus conference
- Delphi process
- Interview
- Systematic review
(1) Systematic literature review
(2) Qualitative semi-structured interview
(3) Two rounds Delphi Survey
(4) Consensus conference