The applications of Bayesian models in real-world studies of traditional Chinese medicine: a primer

Abstract

Highlights

Real-world study is valuable for traditional Chinese medicine. However, there are no gold standards of statistical approaches for analyzing data from real-world study of traditional Chinese medicine. In the present study, we discussed why and when to use Bayesian analysis and the challenge in the real-world study of traditional Chinese medicine.

Abstract

Real-world study is valuable for traditional Chinese medicine. However, there are no gold standards of statistical approaches for analyzing data from real-world study of traditional Chinese medicine. With the development of computer technology, researchers have increasingly paid attention to Bayesian statistics in the biomedical field. In present study, real-world study and Bayesian statistics were introduced. It was discussed that why and when to use Bayesian analysis and the challenge in the real-world study of traditional Chinese medicine.

Translated abstract

真实世界研究适用于中医药领域。目前,尚无公认的用于真实世界研究的统计分析方法。随着计算机技术的发展,贝叶斯统计越来越受到生物医学领域的重视。本文在介绍贝叶斯统计和真实世界研究的基础上,讨论了在中医药领域的真实世界研究中使用贝叶斯模型的注意事项和面临的挑战。