PMID- 28736592
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240326
IS  - 1933-6586 (Print)
IS  - 1933-6594 (Electronic)
IS  - 1933-6586 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 Jun 1
TI  - A Multicenter Prospective Survey of Adverse Events Associated with Acupuncture 
      and Moxibustion in Japan.
PG  - 155-162
LID - 10.1089/acu.2017.1230 [doi]
AB  - Background: There have been only a few prospective surveys on adverse events 
      (AEs) in Japanese-style acupuncture practice, and these surveys were conducted 
      only in a single college acupuncture clinic. Objective: The goal of this research 
      was to assess the safety of acupuncture and moxibustion performed in educational 
      facilities in Japan. Materials and Methods: This was a multicenter prospective 
      survey, using paper reporting forms. It was conducted in eight acupuncture 
      clinics affiliated with educational institutions. The subjects were outpatients 
      attending the clinics. The main outcome measure was the number of reported 
      adverse events. The study was conducted for 5-7 months at each facility between 
      October 2014 and June 2015. Participating acupuncture practitioners were 
      instructed to self-report AEs observed during and after treatment; patients were 
      interviewed upon treatment completion. For returning patients, treatment was 
      preceded by an interview survey regarding the AEs identified after the previous 
      treatment session. A specialized 4-sheet questionnaire was used. Results: Two 
      hundred and thirty-two acupuncture practitioners participated, 2180 patients 
      received treatment, and there were 14,039 sessions, overall. In total, 847 
      (6.03%) AEs were reported. The most common AEs included subcutaneous bleeding and 
      hematomas (370, 2.64%), followed by discomfort (109, 0.78%) and residual pain at 
      insertion points (94, 0.67%). No infections or serious AEs were reported. 
      Conclusions: Acupuncture and moxibustion performed in educational facilities in 
      Japan were safe because most of the AEs reported were mild and transient. 
      However, the risk cannot be defined definitely because the survey sample size was 
      too small.
FAU - Furuse, Nobutatsu
AU  - Furuse N
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Osaka Minami Prefectural Special Needs Education School for the Visually 
      Impaired, Osaka, Japan.
AD  - Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences Acupuncture Information Center, Osaka, 
      Japan.
FAU - Shinbara, Hisashi
AU  - Shinbara H
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy, Faculty of Health Promotional 
      Sciences, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan.
FAU - Uehara, Akihito
AU  - Uehara A
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Oriental Medicine Clinical Laboratory, Kuretake College of Medical Arts & 
      Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
FAU - Sugawara, Masaaki
AU  - Sugawara M
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and 
      Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
FAU - Yamazaki, Toshiya
AU  - Yamazaki T
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Department of Health Sciences, Kansai University of Health Sciences, Osaka, 
      Japan.
FAU - Hosaka, Masayoshi
AU  - Hosaka M
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences Acupuncture Information Center, Osaka, 
      Japan.
FAU - Yamashita, Hitoshi
AU  - Yamashita H
AD  - Committee for Safe Acupuncture, Academic & Research Department, Japan Society of 
      Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo, Japan.
AD  - Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences Acupuncture Information Center, Osaka, 
      Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Acupunct
JT  - Medical acupuncture
JID - 100899009
PMC - PMC5512321
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acupuncture
OT  - Adverse Events
OT  - Japan
OT  - Moxibustion
OT  - Safety
COIS- No competing financial interests exist.
EDAT- 2017/07/25 06:00
MHDA- 2017/07/25 06:01
PMCR- 2017/06/01
CRDT- 2017/07/25 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/07/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/07/25 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1089/acu.2017.1230 [pii]
AID - 10.1089/acu.2017.1230 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Acupunct. 2017 Jun 1;29(3):155-162. doi: 10.1089/acu.2017.1230.