Overall Reporting Descriptions of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in Randomized Controlled Trials in English Journals.

Na ZhangJian-Feng TuYing LinJin-Ling LiXuan ZouYu WangHewen LiXiao-Ya WeiLi-Qiong WangGuang-Xia ShiShi-Yan YanCun-Zhi Liu

Published in: Journal of pain research (2021)

At present, the overall report quality of acupuncture treatment for chronic pain in English journals is acceptable, but the report rate in some aspects is still low. In the future, researchers should report RCTs of acupuncture following cleaner checklists and guidelines.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
randomized controlled trial
meta analyses
systematic review
electronic health record