How to Design the Control Group in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture?

In evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the preferred method for evaluating the efficacy of interventions. In regard to acupuncture RCTs, the most difficult issues are the design of the control group and implementation of the principle of “double-blinding.” We compared th...

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Autores principales: Lin, Jaung-Geng, Chen, Chao-Hsun, Huang, Yu-Che, Chen, Yi-Hung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/875284
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author Lin, Jaung-Geng
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description In evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the preferred method for evaluating the efficacy of interventions. In regard to acupuncture RCTs, the most difficult issues are the design of the control group and implementation of the principle of “double-blinding.” We compared the advantages and limitations associated with different control group designs in acupuncture RCTs, to assist researchers in this field.
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spelling pubmed-33986682012-07-24 How to Design the Control Group in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture? Lin, Jaung-Geng Chen, Chao-Hsun Huang, Yu-Che Chen, Yi-Hung Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article In evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the preferred method for evaluating the efficacy of interventions. In regard to acupuncture RCTs, the most difficult issues are the design of the control group and implementation of the principle of “double-blinding.” We compared the advantages and limitations associated with different control group designs in acupuncture RCTs, to assist researchers in this field. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3398668/ /pubmed/22829860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/875284 Text en Copyright © 2012 Jaung-Geng Lin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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