Kim Jeongjoo, Eom Yoon-Ji, Lee Ye-Seul, Nam Dongwoo, Chae Younbyoung
Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:5810372. doi: 10.1155/2017/5810372. Epub 2017 May 31.
The present study aimed to evaluate the overall quality of case reports concerning acupuncture treatment in Korea.
We selected a representative Korean journal and retrieved eligible case reports on acupuncture treatment published from 2009 to 2015. We assessed the quality of reporting based on CAse REport (CARE) and STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) guideline checklists.
A total of 93 eligible case reports of acupuncture treatment were identified among the 107 articles screened. Overall quality of reporting in the case reports was generally acceptable (75.4% on CARE, 67.7% on STRICTA), but several crucial items remained substantially underreported.
Endorsement of the CARE and STRICTA guidelines is needed to improve the completeness of reporting. Our findings will be helpful in developing a more appropriate reporting guideline for case reports in acupuncture treatment.
本研究旨在评估韩国有关针灸治疗的病例报告的整体质量。
我们选取了一份具有代表性的韩国期刊,并检索了2009年至2015年发表的关于针灸治疗的合格病例报告。我们根据病例报告(CARE)和针灸临床试验报告干预标准(STRICTA)指南清单评估报告质量。
在筛选的107篇文章中,共确定了93篇合格的针灸治疗病例报告。病例报告的整体报告质量总体上可以接受(CARE为75.4%,STRICTA为67.7%),但几个关键项目的报告仍然严重不足。
需要认可CARE和STRICTA指南以提高报告的完整性。我们的研究结果将有助于制定更合适的针灸治疗病例报告指南。