ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021
A Protocol of a Guideline to Establish the Evidence Ecosystem of Acupuncture.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy and safety of different acupuncture therapies in treating sleep apnea syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for pregnancy outcomes in women undergoingFrontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Severe or Critical COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Publication lag in interventional, RCT-based meta-analyses within top-tier general medical journals and the CDSR: a protocol for a meta-epidemiological study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Improving Delphi Process in Acupuncture Decision Making: Overall Descriptions and Quality Assessment of Delphi Reports.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
- Factors influencing the quality of acupuncture clinical trials: a qualitative interview of stakeholders.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Acupuncture combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation training for postpartum stress urinary incontinence: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- 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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Abstract
This is a protocol for developing a guideline to establish the evidence ecosystem of acupuncture. It describes all steps that will be followed in line with the World Health Organization Handbook for Guideline Development and the Reporting Items for practice Guidelines in Healthcare (RIGHT). The key steps included guideline protocol development, guideline registration, systematic review of acupuncture evidence issues, systematic review of methods for establishing evidence ecosystem, survey of acupuncture stakeholders regarding potential acupuncture evidence issues, development of potential items for guidelines, Delphi method for guideline item development, consensus meeting, drafting guideline, peer review, approval, and publishing. This future guideline will help to establish evidence ecosystem of acupuncture, which will facilitate the application of acupuncture in clinical practice.
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