Evaluation of Reporting Quality in Randomised Controlled Trials of Acupuncture for Acute Herpes Zoster by the CONSORT Statement and STRICTA Guidelines.

Guifeng QianJingchun ZengLiming Lu Wenya PeiKun LiuZhenke LuoYalin ShePande Zhang Guohua Lin

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2020)

The reporting quality of RCTs in acupuncture for acute HZ is generally inadequate. It is necessary that researchers and journal editors learn and raise the adoption of the CONSORT statement and STRICTA guidelines to enhance the reporting quality of the RCTs in acupuncture.

Keyphrases

liver failure
adverse drug
respiratory failure
quality improvement
clinical practice
drug induced
emergency department
hepatitis b virus
mechanical ventilation