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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2025

Language models for data extraction and risk of bias assessment in complementary medicine.

Honghao Lai, Jiayi Liu, Chunyang Bai, Hui Liu, Bei Pan, Xufei Luo, Liangying Hou, Weilong Zhao, Danni Xia, Jinhui Tian and 13 more

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Honghao LaiDepartment of Health Policy and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7913-6207
Jiayi LiuDepartment of Health Policy and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Chunyang BaiSchool of Nursing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hui LiuEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Bei PanEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Xufei LuoEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Liangying HouEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Weilong ZhaoDepartment of Health Policy and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Danni XiaDepartment of Health Policy and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Jinhui TianEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yaolong ChenEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Lu ZhangDepartment of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Janne EstillEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Jie LiuDepartment of Oncology, Guang' anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xing LiaoInstitute of Basic Research of Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Nannan ShiInstitute of Basic Research of Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xin SunChinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Hongcai ShangDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Zhaoxiang BianSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kehu YangEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Luqi HuangChina Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. huanglugi01@126.com.
Long GeDepartment of Health Policy and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. gelong2009@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-1107
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large language models (LLMs) have the potential to enhance evidence synthesis efficiency and accuracy. This study assessed LLM-only and LLM-assisted methods in data extraction and risk of bias assessment for 107 trials on complementary medicine. Moonshot-v1-128k and Claude-3.5-sonnet achieved high accuracy (≥95%), with LLM-assisted methods performing better (≥97%). LLM-assisted methods significantly reduced processing time (14.7 and 5.9 min vs. 86.9 and 10.4 min for conventional methods). These findings highlight LLMs' potential when integrated with human expertise.

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