Patient demographics, medical factors, treatment modalities and satisfaction at five traditional Chinese medicine practices in Switzerland: A cross-sectional study

Yingchao Liu; Xiaoying Lyu; Saroj K. Pradhan; Yiming Li; Xingfang Liu; Ralf Bauder; Tanja Heggli; Xiaying Wang; Michael Furian

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332586

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Patient demographics, medical factors, treatment modalities and satisfaction at five traditional Chinese medicine practices in Switzerland: A cross-sectional study

Yingchao Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yingchao Liu, Xiaoying Lyu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6070-2839

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Xiaoying Lyu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yingchao Liu, Xiaoying Lyu

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland, Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Saroj K. Pradhan,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
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Yiming Li,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
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Xingfang Liu,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
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Ralf Bauder,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
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Tanja Heggli,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
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Xiaying Wang ,

Roles Formal analysis

* E-mail: michael.furian@tcmuni.ch (MF); xiaying.wang@tcmuni.ch (XW)

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
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Michael Furian

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: michael.furian@tcmuni.ch (MF); xiaying.wang@tcmuni.ch (XW)

Affiliation Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8518-5029

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Patient demographics, medical factors, treatment modalities and satisfaction at five traditional Chinese medicine practices in Switzerland: A cross-sectional study

Yingchao Liu,
Xiaoying Lyu,
Saroj K. Pradhan,
Yiming Li,
Xingfang Liu,
Ralf Bauder,
Tanja Heggli,
Xiaying Wang,
Michael Furian

Published: September 19, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332586

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