XIONG Jun1, 3. Comments on Methodological Quality of Systematic Review/Meta-analysis on Acupuncture Therapy in China[J]. Acupuncture research, 2011, 36(1): 72-75.
Along with the development of evidence-based medicine
more and more systematic review/Meta-analysis papers on acupuncture therapy have been published in China.Most researches have played an important part in guiding clinical study and practice on acupuncture.However
low quality researches may mislead the users.In the present paper
we analyze shortcomings of the published papers in China about systemic review/Meta-analysis on acupuncture therapy from the methodological quality according to the assessment tool: Oxman-Guyatt Overview Quality Assessment Questionnaire(OQAQ).Moreover
we also analyze some possible factors affecting the quality of systemic review/Meta-analysis and put forward a few of measures for improving the quality of systemic review.