Comparing physicians' and patients' reporting on adverse reactions in randomized trials on acupuncture-a secondary data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to compare patients' and physicians' safety reporting using data from large acupuncture trials (44,818 patients) and to determine associations between patient characteristics and reporting of adverse reactions.

Methods

Six pragmatic randomized trials with an additional non-randomized study arm that included those patients who refused randomization were evaluated. Patients received acupuncture treatment for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, chronic neck pain, chronic low back pain, chronic headache, dysmenorrhea, or allergic rhinitis or asthma. Safety outcomes were evaluated by questionnaires from both the physicians and the patients. To determine level of agreement between physicians and patients on the prevalence of adverse reactions, Cohen's kappa was

SUBMITTER: Schwaneberg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704486 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature