Assessment of the quality of reporting in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture in the Korean literature using the CONSORT statement and STRICTA guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to assess the completeness of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture in the Korean literature.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

We searched 12 Korean databases and 7 Korean journals to identify eligible RCTs of acupuncture published from 1996 to July 2011. We used the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist for parallel RCTs and the revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) to assess the quality of reporting in Korean RCTs. We compared the completeness of reporting of CONSORT and STRICTA items in RCTs published in two time periods (1996-2004 referred to as the early period and 2005-2011 referred to as the late period).

Results

We analysed

SUBMITTER: Kim KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4120411 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature