The Reporting Quality of Acupuncture-Related Infections in Korean Literature: A Systematic Review of Case Studies
Joint Authors
Kim, Tae-Hun
Park, Wan-Soo
Kang, Jung Won
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
Acupuncture is generally accepted as a safe intervention when it is administered in appropriate clinical setting by well-educated and experienced practitioners.
In this study, we reviewed observational studies on adverse events (AEs) or complications relevant to acupuncture practice in Korean literature for assessing their reporting quality and suggested recommendations for future ones on acupuncture-related infections.
Method.
Electronic databases including Medline, Embase, Cochrane library, Korean studies Information Service System, DBpia, National Digital Science Library, and Korean National Assembly Library were searched until May 2015.
Combination of keywords including “acupuncture” and “infection” were used for searching databases.
Result.
A total of 23 studies from 2,739 literature articles were identified from electronic database searching until May 2015.
From this review, we found that most case studies did not report enough information for judging causality between acupuncture and the AEs (or complications) as well as appropriateness of the acupuncture practice.
In addition, acupuncture experts rarely participated in the reporting of these AEs (or complications).
Conclusion.
Based on these limitations, we suggest a tentative recommendation for future case studies on acupuncture-related infection.
We hope that this recommendation would contribute to the improvement of the reporting quality of acupuncture-related AEs (or complications) in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Tae-Hun& Kang, Jung Won& Park, Wan-Soo. 2015. The Reporting Quality of Acupuncture-Related Infections in Korean Literature: A Systematic Review of Case Studies. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061305
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Tae-Hun…[et al.]. The Reporting Quality of Acupuncture-Related Infections in Korean Literature: A Systematic Review of Case Studies. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061305
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Tae-Hun& Kang, Jung Won& Park, Wan-Soo. The Reporting Quality of Acupuncture-Related Infections in Korean Literature: A Systematic Review of Case Studies. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061305
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1061305