文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Assessing the Quality of Reports about Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture Treatment on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

作者：Chen Bo[1];Zhao Xue[1];Guo Yi[1];Chen Zelin[1];Bai Yang[1];Wang Zixu[1];Wang Yajun[2]

第一作者：Chen Bo

通信作者：Guo, Y[1]

机构：[1]Tianjin Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Coll Acupuncture & Moxibust, Tianjin, Peoples R China;[2]Gansu Coll Tradit Chinese Med, Dept Acupuncture & Massage, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China

第一机构：Tianjin Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Coll Acupuncture & Moxibust, Tianjin, Peoples R China

通信机构：[1]corresponding author), Tianjin Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Coll Acupuncture & Moxibust, Tianjin, Peoples R China.

年份：2012

卷号：7

期号：7

外文期刊名：PLOS ONE

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84863623136);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000305966500004)】；

基金：This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81072881 and 81173204) and the Doctoral Program of Higher Education the Special Research Funded Issues (No 20101210110007). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.

语种：英文

摘要：Background: To evaluate the reports' qualities which are about randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture treatment on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN). Methodology/Principal Findings: Eight databases including The Cochrane Library(1993-Sept.,2011), PubMed (1980-Sept.,2011), EMbase (1980-Sept.,2011), SCI Expanded (1998-Sept.,2011), China Biomedicine Database Disc (CBMdisc, 1978-Sept.,2011), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1979-Sept., 2011), VIP (a full text issues database of China, 1989-Sept., 2011), Wan Fang (another full text issues database of China 1998-Sept., 2011) were searched systematically. Hand search for further references was conducted. Language was limited to Chinese and English. We identified 75 RCTs that used acupuncture as an intervention and assessed the quality of these reports with the Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials statement 2010 (CONSORT2010) and Standards for Reporting Interventions Controlled Trials of Acupuncture 2010(STRICTA2010). 24 articles (32%) applied the method of random allocation of sequences. No article gave the description of the mechanism of allocation concealment, no experiment applied the method of blinding. Only one article (1.47%) could be identified directly from its title as about the Randomized Controlled Trials, and only 4 articles gave description of the experimental design. No article mentioned the number of cases lost or eliminated. During one experiment, acupuncture syncope led to temporal interruption of the therapy. Two articles (2.94%) recorded the number of needles, and 8 articles (11.76%) mentioned the depth of needle insertion. None of articles reported the base of calculation of sample size, or has any analysis about the metaphase of an experiment or an explanation of its interruption. One (1.47%) mentioned intentional analysis (ITT). Conclusions/Significance: The quality of the reports on RCTs of acupuncture for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy is moderate to low. The CONSORT2010 and STRICTA2010 should be used to standardize the reporting of RCTs of acupuncture in future.