ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2012
Effectiveness Guidance Document (EGD) for acupuncture research - a consensus document for conducting trials.
Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Effectiveness of acupuncture and related therapies for palliative care of cancer: overview of systematic reviews.Scientific reports · 2015Pooled it
- Effectiveness of acupuncture for angina pectoris: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for Chinese medicine trials: a consensus document.Trials · 2014Guideline
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- The Effects of Acupuncture on Cancer-Related Fatigue: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Integrative cancer therapiesPooled it
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- Electroacupuncture and splinting versus splinting alone to treat carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2016Trial
- Adjunctive acupuncture for pain and symptom management in the inpatient setting: protocol for a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.Journal of integrative medicine · 2016Trial
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- How to design high quality acupuncture trials-a consensus informed by evidence.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Article
- Effects of Physiotherapy vs. Acupuncture in Quality of Life, Pain, Stiffness, Difficulty to Work and Depression of Women with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The Role of Research in Guiding Treatment for Women's Health: A Qualitative Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncturists.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Incorporating Acupuncture Into American Healthcare: Initiating a Discussion on Implementation Science, the Status of the Field, and Stakeholder Considerations.Global advances in health and medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a need for more Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to strengthen the evidence base for clinical and policy decision-making. Effectiveness Guidance Documents (EGD) are targeted to clinical researchers. The aim of this EGD is to provide specific recommendations for the design of prospective acupuncture studies to support optimal use of resources for generating evidence that will inform stakeholder decision-making.
methodsDocument development based on multiple systematic consensus procedures (written Delphi rounds, interactive consensus workshop, international expert review). To balance aspects of internal and external validity, multiple stakeholders including patients, clinicians and payers were involved.
resultsRecommendations focused mainly on randomized studies and were developed for the following areas: overall research strategy, treatment protocol, expertise and setting, outcomes, study design and statistical analyses, economic evaluation, and publication.
conclusionThe present EGD, based on an international consensus developed with multiple stakeholder involvement, provides the first systematic methodological guidance for future CER on acupuncture.
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