Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine

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Hongyong, Deng and Adams, Clive E. and Shokraneh, Farhad and Shanghua, Liang (2018) Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine . ISSN 0255-2922

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Abstract

Objective

To describe the key systems used for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classification.

Methods

The TCM classifications used in the International Classification of Diseases-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) volume 3, the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, the International Classification of Health Interventions, and the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings (TCMeSH) thesauruses were compared regarding descriptive terms, structure, and features of TCM interventions.

Results

The National Library of Medicine's MeSH thesaurus is ubiquitous. The ICD-9-CM (volume 3), ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, and International Classification of Health Interventions cover insufficient concepts of TCM, and cannot be used directly as classification systems for TCM interventions. In contrast, the TCM contents of the TCMeSH thesaurus are complete, systematic, and detailed, and its hierarchical structure can be used for effective TCM classification.

Conclusions

TCM classification is very limited and flawed. The MeSH thesaurus helps decrease the detrimental effect of the language barrier. Similarly, the TCMeSH thesaurus can help those without full command of the Mandarin language to access Chinese literature, but the value of searches using TCMeSH could be improved by collaborative working with Information Specialists who are fluent in Mandarin and understand TCM.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Classification; Intervention; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Medical subject headings
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcm.2018.04.003
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 01 May 2018 09:27
Last Modified: 11 Apr 2019 04:30
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/51499

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