Report Quality and Methodological Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture
10.11842/wst.20240312005
- VernacularTitle:针刺随机对照试验的报告质量及方法学质量评价研究
- Author:
Yanan SUN
1
;
Xingye LIANG
;
Fu WANG
;
Hui SHAO
;
Baolin JIA
;
Zhiwen WENG
;
Changhe YU
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学宣武医院 北京 100053
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture;
Randomized controlled trials;
Quality evaluation;
Bias;
Clinical study
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;27(4):1000-1013
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the methodology and reporting quality of acupuncture related randomized controlled trials(RCTs)in order to provide a basis for improving the design and reporting of acupuncture studies.Methods Literatures on RCTs included in acupuncture were obtained from two systematic reviews of acupuncture studies.Two reviewers were selected independently according to the exclusion criteria,and RoB2.0,CONSORT statement and STRICTA criteria were used to evaluate the methodology and report quality.Results 95 literatures on acupuncture RCTs were included,including 51 in Chinese and 44 in English,involving 38 diseases and 54 outcome indicators.CONSORT declared that there were 8 items with high reporting rate,15 items with low reporting rate and 2 items with medium reporting rate in the evaluation.The STRICTA criteria included 8 items with high reporting rate,4 items with low reporting rate,and 4 items with medium reporting rate.As for RoB2.0 bias risk assessment,11.6%of the literature in the overall bias area that served as a summary was high risk,50.5%was likely risk,and 37.9%was low risk.Conclusion The current published RCTs research methodology and report quality evaluation are not high,the future research should improve the scientific and rigorous program design,to form a transparent and complete research report.
