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STRICTA: is it time to do more?
BACKGROUND: In order to facilitate the completeness and transparency of reporting on randomized controlled trials undertaken using acupuncture interventions, a consensus group of international experts developed the Standards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0714-4 |
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author | Liu, Lizhou Skinner, Margot McDonough, Suzanne M Kannan, Priya Baxter, George David |
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description | BACKGROUND: In order to facilitate the completeness and transparency of reporting on randomized controlled trials undertaken using acupuncture interventions, a consensus group of international experts developed the Standards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) in 2002. This reporting guideline was updated in 2010, and was applicable to a broader range of acupuncture research, including uncontrolled trials and case reports. Subsequent evaluations have noted limitations on the impact of STRICTA in the reporting quality of acupuncture trials, and the description of acupuncture details remains poor. Thus improvement in the efficacy of the STRICTA guidelines is called for. DISCUSSION: We explored the STRICTA guidelines from four aspects, including the development procedure, validity assessment, endorsement and adherence, and citation situation. Based upon these findings, we provided five potential suggestions for further development of STRICTA. SUMMARY: STRICTA are valid reporting guidelines based on robust methodology and scientific content. However specific implementation strategies including: updating the STRICTA checklist; improving the STRICTA reporting efficiency; consistency with implementing the “Instructions for authors” for journals; establishing global STRICTA research centers; and expanding the STRICTA website, are needed. Such strategies will improve their utilization and impact positively on the quality of reporting on acupuncture research outcomes. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0714-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-44744622015-06-20 STRICTA: is it time to do more? Liu, Lizhou Skinner, Margot McDonough, Suzanne M Kannan, Priya Baxter, George David BMC Complement Altern Med Debate BACKGROUND: In order to facilitate the completeness and transparency of reporting on randomized controlled trials undertaken using acupuncture interventions, a consensus group of international experts developed the Standards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) in 2002. This reporting guideline was updated in 2010, and was applicable to a broader range of acupuncture research, including uncontrolled trials and case reports. Subsequent evaluations have noted limitations on the impact of STRICTA in the reporting quality of acupuncture trials, and the description of acupuncture details remains poor. Thus improvement in the efficacy of the STRICTA guidelines is called for. DISCUSSION: We explored the STRICTA guidelines from four aspects, including the development procedure, validity assessment, endorsement and adherence, and citation situation. Based upon these findings, we provided five potential suggestions for further development of STRICTA. SUMMARY: STRICTA are valid reporting guidelines based on robust methodology and scientific content. However specific implementation strategies including: updating the STRICTA checklist; improving the STRICTA reporting efficiency; consistency with implementing the “Instructions for authors” for journals; establishing global STRICTA research centers; and expanding the STRICTA website, are needed. Such strategies will improve their utilization and impact positively on the quality of reporting on acupuncture research outcomes. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0714-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2015-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4474462/ /pubmed/26091978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0714-4 Text en © Liu et al. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Debate Liu, Lizhou Skinner, Margot McDonough, Suzanne M Kannan, Priya Baxter, George David STRICTA: is it time to do more? |
title | STRICTA: is it time to do more? |
title_full | STRICTA: is it time to do more? |
title_fullStr | STRICTA: is it time to do more? |
title_full_unstemmed | STRICTA: is it time to do more? |
title_short | STRICTA: is it time to do more? |
title_sort | stricta: is it time to do more? |
topic | Debate |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0714-4 |
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