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Table 4 Registration quality specific to TCM items (n, %)

From: Calling for improved quality in the registration of traditional Chinese medicine during the public health emergency: a survey of trial registries for COVID-19, H1N1, and SARS

Item name

COVID-19 (n = 129)

H1N1 (n = 7)

Total (n = 136)

Descriptions of TCM intervention

7 (5.4%)

1 (14.3%)

8 (5.9%)

TCM syndrome diagnosis

8 (6.2%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (5.9%)

TCM-specific outcomes

35 (27.1%)

2 (28.6%)

37 (27.2%)

TCM-specific background, rationale, theoretical origin

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, H1N1 H1N1 influenza, TCM traditional Chinese medicine