Problems in randomized controlled trial on acupuncture and moxibustion for migraine in the development of international standard of Guideline for Clinical Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Migraine.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210512-k0003
- Author:
Jing HU
1
;
Xiao-Yu WANG
1
;
Zhong-Jie CHEN
1
;
Jin HUO
1
;
Shuo CUI
1
;
Jing-Jing WANG
1
;
Yi ZHANG
1
;
Qi GAO
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
acupuncture and moxibustion;
guideline for clinical practice;
migraine;
randomized controlled trial (RCT)
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Adolescent;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Migraine Disorders/therapy*;
Moxibustion
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2022;42(1):91-95
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Regarding the development of international standard of Guideline for Clinical Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Migraine, the existing problems of the design and methodology of randomized controlled trial (RCT) on acupuncture and moxibustion for migraine were summarized in views of participant, intervention, control, outcome and study design. Four directions need to be further explored, (1) research of adolescent migraine, special subtype of migraine and migraine in a special population; (2) research of the immediate analgesic effect of acupuncture and moxibuation at the attack stage of migraine and the therapeutic effect of migraine at each stage; (3) research on safety and health economics; (4) clinical trial registration of acupuncture and moxibustion. In study, the target population should be further determined and specialized, the diagnosis criteria of western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine be generalized and concentrated, the staging and type division of disease be accurate, the intervention procedure be integrated, the control design be rationalized, the outcomes be validated, and the description of randomization and blinding be clarified.
