Reporting quality and effect size comparison in randomized controlled trials of bo's abdominal acupuncture using CONSORT statement and STRICTA

作     者：Wen Wanxin Yang Lihong Liu Shaonan Zhong Ying Hu Xiaoyi Huang Xiaowan Guo Xinfeng 

作者机构：Department of General Internal MedicineGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine) Evidence-based Medicine & Clinical Research Service Group Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (the Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences) Department of Respiratory MedicineGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (the Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine) 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》 (中医杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第36卷第3期

页      面：382-391页

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学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Guangdong Provincial Science&Technology Department and the Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(Development of Evidence-based Knowledge Management System for Traditional Chinese Medicine No.2012A032500009) 

主　　题：Bo's abdominal acupuncture Randomized controlled trials CONSORT STRICTA Reporting quality Meta-analysis 

摘      要：OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials(RCT) that compared Bo s abdominal acupuncture with conventional body acupuncture, and compare the efficacy and safetybetweenthembyperforminga ***: All RCTs comparing Bo s abdominalacupuncture with conventional body acupuncture were included. English and Chinese databases were searched from their respective inceptions to March 2014. The reporting quality was assessed according to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials(CONSORT) checklist for parallel RCTs and the revised Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture(STRICTA). A Meta-analysis was conducted to synthesize the effect sizes,and publication bias was evaluated by the Egger linear regression test using ***: Ninety-seven studies were included, of which most lacked adequate reporting information, and 80.4% showed that the efficacy of abdominal acupuncture is superior to conventional body acupuncture, especially for the following diseases:lumbar disc herniation, cervical spondylosis, omarthritis and cervical vertigo, except simple ***-sizes were controversial when evaluating different ***: The international standard CONSORT statement and STRICTA guidelines should be strictly applied when reporting acupuncture RCTs in the future. Abdominal acupuncture appears to be more effective compared with conventional body acupuncture for some diseases. However, further high quality blind RCTs using validated outcomeindexesandstandardreportingarewarranted.