Suggestions regarding Adaptation of the Stricta Guidelines for Reporting Acupuncture Practice and Research

Clark, Margaret; Clark, Maria; Toohey, Shane; Bradbury‐Jones, Caroline

doi:10.1136/acupmed-2016-011130

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“…Item 4a (details of co-interventions) was difficult to score, as it was not possible to know whether lack of description meant no co-intervention was used or the item was not reported. For this item, the approach described by Clark et al 27 was used, with the item scored as 0 and supporting evidence noted as ‘not available’.…”

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Acupuncture versus placebo acupuncture for in vitro fertilisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

et al. 2020

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture compared to placebo acupuncture for women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: A search was conducted in seven English-language biomedical databases from their inception to 3 April 2019 to identify studies evaluating acupuncture as an adjunct to IVF treatment. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared acupuncture with placebo acupuncture using a non-invasive placebo acupuncture device in women undergoing a fresh or frozen IVF cycle were eligible, as were studies that tested placebo acupuncture as the intervention. Outcomes were clinical pregnancy rate, ongoing pregnancy rate, miscarriage rate, live birth rate and adverse events. Results: Eight RCTs involving 3607 women were included. Studies were judged to be low risk for most of the risk of bias domains. Acupuncture around the time of embryo transfer was not significantly different to placebo acupuncture in terms of the clinical pregnancy rate (6 RCTs, 2473 women, risk ratio (RR) = 0.99 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.88, 1.11), I2 = 51%, moderate certainty evidence), ongoing pregnancy rate (4 RCTs, 1459 women, RR = 0.88 (95% CI = 0.75, 1.02), I2 = 50%, moderate certainty evidence), miscarriage rate (4 RCTs, 502 women, RR = 1.23 (95% CI = 0.89, 1.71), I2 = 30%, high certainty evidence) or live birth rate (4 RCTs, 1835 women, RR = 0.87 (95% CI = 0.75, 1.01), I2 = 0%, high certainty evidence). Outcomes with placebo acupuncture were not significantly different to usual care. Adverse events relating to acupuncture, such as discomfort and bruising, were mild to moderate. Conclusion: Acupuncture administered around the time of embryo transfer did not have a statistically significant effect on IVF outcomes compared with placebo acupuncture.

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Acupuncture versus placebo acupuncture for in vitro fertilisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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“…Information relating to the background of the practitioner and other components of the treatment, such as the use of additional acupuncture therapies (‘co‐interventions’), was lacking. The STRICTA guideline does not distinguish between the absence of a co‐intervention and the lack of information about co‐interventions, which can create confusion when assessing STRICTA items relating to the trial setting 27 . Poor reporting of the setting and context has been found in other reviews 28,29 .…”

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“…The STRICTA guideline does not distinguish between the absence of a cointervention and the lack of information about co-interventions, which can create confusion when assessing STRICTA items relating to the trial setting. 27 Poor reporting of the setting and context has been found in other reviews. 28,29 This may limit the generalisability of the results from this review to other similar interventions.…”

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Acupuncture for recurrent urinary tract infection in women: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

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Coyle

Yang

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“…Clark et al (32) también mencionan que algunos ítems no son claros en su redacción y, por ende, hacen difícil su cumplimiento, uno de los mencionados es el ítem 4b (el de menor cumplimiento en nuestro estudio), en donde los autores mencionan la necesidad de ampliar y crear subítems como instrucciones para los pacientes (lo que se dice al paciente durante el procedimiento), el contexto clínico y el país.…”

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Cumplimiento de los criterios stricta en ensayos clínicos latinoamericanos en acupuntura

López¹,

Ángulo-Bazán²

2016

Rev. per. med. integr.

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Objetivo: Determinar los factores asociados y el cumplimiento de los "Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture" (STRICTA) en ensayos clínicos latinoamericanos publicados en revistas indexadas entre los años 2011-2015. Materiales y Métodos: Revisión sistemática. Se realizó la búsqueda bibliográfica en las bases de datos: SCOPUS, PubMed, SciELO y BVS. Se evaluó el año de publicación, revista de publicación, numero de autores, país del autor corresponsal, país colaborador, idioma de publicación, numero de citas, procedimiento experimental, enfermedad o condición de estudio. El cumplimiento de los criterios STRICTA se midió por porcentaje de cumplimiento de los 17 ítems y por puntaje total obtenido. Resultados: Se encontraron 53 estudios que cumplieron los criterios de inclusión. Brasil representa el 79.3% de las publicaciones. Se observa una tendencia creciente pero irregular de publicación y poca cooperación internacional. Los procedimientos más usados fueron acupuntura (47.2%), Electroacupuntura (13.2%) y Auriculopuntura con agujas (9.4%). El puntaje STRICTA promedio fue de 7.5±3.8 puntos, los criterios con mayor cumplimiento fueron los nombres de los puntos (86.8%) y el número y frecuencia/duración de las sesiones (77.4% y 75.5%). Se encontró asociación significativa con la revista de publicación (p=0.018) y el idioma inglés (p=0.049). Conclusiones: El cumplimiento de los criterios STRICTA, está por debajo de otros países, encontrándose como factores asociados, la revista donde se publicó el estudio y el idioma de publicación en inglés.

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Suggestions regarding Adaptation of the Stricta Guidelines for Reporting Acupuncture Practice and Research

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Acupuncture versus placebo acupuncture for in vitro fertilisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Acupuncture versus placebo acupuncture for in vitro fertilisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Acupuncture for recurrent urinary tract infection in women: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Cumplimiento de los criterios stricta en ensayos clínicos latinoamericanos en acupuntura

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