ArticleBMJ open2022
Strengthening the quality of clinical trials of acupuncture: a guideline protocol.
Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of acupuncture-related techniques for mild cognitive impairment: A Bayesian network analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for pregnancy outcomes in women undergoingFrontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- An Acupuncture Protocol for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Delphi Process.Complementary medicine research · 2024Article
- Factors influencing the quality of acupuncture clinical trials: a qualitative interview of stakeholders.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Comparison of Reporting and Transparency in Published Protocols and Publications in Umbrella Reviews: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Research Trends on Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain Treatment Over the Past 15 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Establishing a Regulatory Science System for Supervising the Application of Artificial Intelligence for Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Methodological Framework.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Dissemination of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Clinical Practice Guidelines among Clinical Practitioners: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment Studies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
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7 authors.
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Abstract
introductionAcupuncture has been accepted in many Western countries and clinical trials have been increasing recently. However, the problems of insufficient and low-quality evidence remain, and substantially hinder the development of acupuncture clinical trials. We therefore aim to develop a guideline to strengthen the quality of acupuncture clinical trials, in accordance with WHO handbook for guideline development and the Reporting Items for practice Guidelines in HealThcare. The guideline will help to improve the quality of acupuncture clinical trials. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will search for studies on the quality of acupuncture clinical trials using PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data, China Science and Technology Journal Database, The Cochrane Library, the WHO and Health Technology Assessment websites, and other sources. We will also check reference lists and contact experts in the field. We will systematically evaluate the quality of acupuncture clinical trials, and extract and summarise the quality problems and countermeasures of such trials. We will also systematically review clinical trial quality control manuals and systems and formulate research questions on quality control in acupuncture clinical trials. Finally, we will develop the guideline and establish a comprehensive quality control system to ensure high quality acupuncture clinical trials. We will also evaluate the guideline and will update the guideline to reflect new scientific evidence. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics committee approval and informed consent are not required for developing guideline because only published data will be used, however, we will interview the patients, the ethics committee approval has been got from West China Hospital of Sichuan Unversity (Number: 2021-1188). We will publish all manuscripts arising from this research and present the findings at conferences. GUIDELINE REGISTRATION NUMBER: IPGRP-2021CN093.
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