ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
The Current Status of Quality of Reporting in Acupuncture Treatment Case Reports: An Analysis of the Core Journal in Korea.
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- Current status of case reports and case series reported by Korean Medicine doctors in primary clinics: A systematic review.Integrative medicine research · 2020Review
- Completeness of reporting of case reports in high-impact medical journals.European journal of clinical investigation · 2020Article
- Revealing Associations between Diagnosis Patterns and Acupoint Prescriptions Using Medical Data Extracted from Case Reports.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe present study aimed to evaluate the overall quality of case reports concerning acupuncture treatment in Korea.
methodsWe 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.
resultsA 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.
conclusionsEndorsement 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.
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