Review of Clinical Studies of the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis Using Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Table 8

Utilization of efficacy assessment criteria.

Serial number	Efficacy assessment methods	Number of articles
1	1978 Hangzhou conference on ulcerative diagnostic standards of the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, Chinese Medical Association	1
2	1992 standards for the diagnosis, symptom differentiation, and efficacy of chronic and nonspecific ulcerative colitis (CUC) (provisional programs) of the Professional Committee on digestive diseases of the Shanxi Linfen Symposium, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine	1
3	1993 Taiyuan ulcerative colitis diagnostic criteria of the national conference on chronic noninfectious intestinal diseases	9
4	2000 Chengdu conference on diagnostic standards for inflammatory bowel disease of the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, Chinese Medical Association	3
5	2007 consensus on standardization of diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in China by the inflammatory bowel disease collaborative group of the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, Chinese Medical Association	3
6	2009 consensus on diagnosis and treatment of ulcerative colitis using traditional Chinese medicine of the Digestive Diseases Branch of the Chinese Medical Association	2
7	2010 consensus on diagnosis and treatment of ulcerative colitis using traditional Chinese medicine of the Digestive Diseases Branch of China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine	1
8	⟪Principles of guidelines for clinical studies of new drugs in traditional Chinese medicine⟫	11
9	⟪Standards of efficacy and diagnosis of disease symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine⟫	3
10	90th National Integrative Medicine Symposium	1
11	Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in integrative medicine (draft), Professional Committee on digestive diseases, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine	1
12	English	1
13	Teaching materials, books, and other literature	7
14	None	2
15	Self-formulated	17

Note: the 7 articles with “teaching materials, books, and other literature” as efficacy assessment methods included 1 article on “chronic colitis,” 2 articles on “diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases,” 1 article on “principles of guidelines for new drugs,” 1 article on “internal medicine,” and 2 articles on “sulfasalazine rectal suppository collaborative group: comparative study of the treatment of ulcerative colitis using sulfasalazine using rectal suppositories and oral tablets–analysis of 62 clinical cases.”