Use of IMMPACT domains in clinical trials of acupuncture for chronic pain: A methodological survey.

ABSTRACT: Acupuncture is one of the therapeutic resources used for the management of chronic pain. Variability in outcome measurements in randomized clinical trials of non-oncologic chronic pain (RCT-NOCP) generates inconsistencies in determining effects of treatments. The objective of this survey was to assess the adherence to the recommendations made by the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) in the measurement of RCT-NOCP of acupuncture. This methodological research made a systematic search for eligible studies from different sources of information. Eligible studies included those with number of patients ≥100, who randomized and allocated patients with chronic non-oncologic pain to be treated with acupuncture or with "sham" acupuncture, or non-acup

SUBMITTER: Mazzei LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7162498 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature