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The quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials of electroacupuncture for stroke
- Source :
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Publisher :
- Springer Nature
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Abstract
- Background Electroacupuncture (EA), as an extension technique of acupuncture based on traditional acupuncture combined with modern electrotherapy, is commonly used for stroke in clinical treatment and researches. However, there is still a lack of enough evidence to recommend the routine use of EA for stroke. This study is aimed at evaluating the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on EA for stroke. Methods RCTs on EA for stroke were evaluated by using CONSORT guidelines and STRICTA guidelines. Microsoft Excel 2010 and the R software were used for descriptive statistics analyses. Results Seventy studies involving 5468 stroke patients were identified. The CONSORT scores ranged from 16.2 to 67.6% and STRICTA scores from 29.4 to 82.4%. The central items in CONSORT as eligibility criterion, sample size calculation, primary outcome, method of randomization sequence generation, allocation concealment, implementation of randomization, description of blinding, and detailed statistical methods were reported in 100, 6, 68, 37, 14, 10, 16, and 97% of trials, respectively. The reporting of items in STRICTA as acupuncture rationale was 1a (91%), 1b (86%) and 1c 0%; needling details 2a (33%), 2b (97%), 2c (29%), 2d (64%), 2e (100%), 2f (55%) and 2 g (66%); treatment regimen 3a (69%) and 3b (100%); other components of treatment 4a (86%) and 4b (13%); practitioner background item 5 (16%); control intervention(s) 6a (93%) and 6b (10%). Conclusions The quality of reporting of RCTs on EA for stroke was generally moderate. The reporting quality needs further improvement.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Randomization
Blinding
Electroacupuncture
medicine.medical_treatment
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
Acupuncture
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Stroke
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Dry needling
business.industry
Methodology
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Complementary and alternative medicine
Physical therapy
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726882
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6075077f1a4b54fd3cea124f02c350e2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-1497-y