[Clinical application evaluation and revision suggestions of clinical practice guideline on traditional Chinese medicine therapy alone or combined with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis].

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze the obstructive factors of clinical practice guideline on traditional Chinese medicine therapy alone or combined with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis, and summarize the revision suggestions for follow-up revision and promotion. Clinical physicians from 181 hospitals in 27 regions of China were selected to complete the online questionnaire survey for statistical analysis of obstructive factors. We collected 501 copies of the applicability evaluation questionnaire and 503 copies of the application evaluation questionnaire. The obstructive factors mainly focused on limitation of the Guideline, inconvenience of access, particularity of primary medical structure and uneven distribution of surveyed subjects. As for amendments, it was suggested to improve the syndrome differentiation, indications, prescriptions, and add characteristic TCM therapies in Chinese medicine; it was suggested to clarify the time to use antibiotics in Western medicine. According to the results of this study, the relevant contents of the Guideline should be further improved so as to be better applied in clinical practice.