Expert consensus on quality control indicators for integrative medicine in ankylosing spondylitis (2023 version)

Abstract

The integrated treatment with Chinese and Western medicine plays an important role in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which can significantly relieve the patient's symptoms and improve quality of life. However, as a result of the lack of standardization of clinical management in some regions, the quality of AS treatment in China remains unoptimistic. In 2021, initiated by the Center for Integrative Medicine of China‐Japan Friendship Hospital, led by the traditional Chinese medicine department of rheumatology of China‐Japan Friendship Hospital, relying on the rheumatology branch of the Beijing Association of the integrating of traditional and Western medicine, and using the Delphi method, an expert consensus on “Quality Control Indicators for Integrative Medicine in Ankylosing Spondylitis” was established (Beijing Association of the Integrating of Traditional and Western Medicine Standardization Expert Consensus Filing Number: 2021Z031A2). The consensus revision updates the 2021 version by adding four items, which will provide a reference for the quality control of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for AS in China and help improve the current diagnosis and treatment status of AS.

Keywords

ankylosing spondylitis / indicators / integrated Chinese and Western medicine / medical quality

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