针灸临床疗效评价研究

科学、客观地评价针灸临床疗效是关系针灸发展的重大问题。针灸临床疗效评价研究虽已取得了一定进展,但还存在以经验为主的评价、套用西医评价指标、评价研究质量不高等问题。目前急需建立一套符合针灸理论和临床特点与优势的针灸临床疗效评价体系,完善针灸临床疗效评价方法,提高临床疗效评价质量,促进针灸临床的可持续发展。本文通过分析针灸临床疗效评价的现状,结合新的理念和方法,提出新的针灸临床疗效评价体系应该以把握针灸理论与治疗特点为前提,借鉴循证医学及量表评价等方法,并建议尝试将标准化的群体评价和个体化诊疗评价相结合,建立"循证-目标成就评量法"方法,从而加快针灸走向国际的步伐。

Current Situatious about Studies on the Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture

To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture scientifically and objectively is a major issue for the development of acupuncture medicine. Although some progresses have already been gained in the research of the evaluation of clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture at present, some problems as empirical evaluation method, following evaluation indexes of Western medicine, poorer quality of evaluation studies, etc. still exist. Thus, it is urgent to establish a reasonable evaluating system for acupuncture clinical efficacy which accords with the theory of acupuncture, embodies the characteristics and advantages of acupuncture clinic, perfecting the clinical evaluation method, and improving the quality of clinical efficacy evaluation and accelerating the sustainable development of acupuncture clinic. Through reasonable analysis on the current situations about the clinical evaluation research of acupuncture and combining some new concepts and methods, the authors of the present paper hold that the new evaluation system should embody the characteristic of the theory and clinical practice of acupuncture and fully make use of the methods of evidence-based medicine and some measuring scales. They also advocate trying to establish an "evidence-based-goal-attainment scale" method by combining standardized population evaluation with individualized diagnosis-treatment evaluation so as to enhance the international development of acupuncture.