PRISMA extension for moxibustion 2020: recommendations, explanation, and elaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Moxibustion is a common intervention of Chinese medicine (CM). Systematic reviews (SRs) on moxibustion are increasing. Although the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement provides guidelines for SRs, the quality of moxibustion-related SRs is still not satisfactory. In particular, descriptions of the interventions and the rationale for using moxibustion are insufficient. To address these inadequacies, the working group developed this PRISMA extension for reporting SRs of moxibustion (PRISMA-M 2020).

Methods

A group of CM clinical professionals, methodologists of SRs, reporting guideline developers, and journal editors developed this PRISMA-M 2020 through a comprehensive process that includes registration, literature re

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7586688 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature