PMID- 37842566
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231020
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 10
DP  - 2023 Oct
TI  - Publication status and reporting quality of case reports on acupuncture-related 
      adverse events: A systematic reviews of case studies.
PG  - e20577
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20577 [doi]
LID - e20577
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events (AEs) have been 
      consistently published in the literature. This review aims to assess the current 
      publication status of case reports on acupuncture-related AEs and evaluate their 
      reporting quality in order to identify areas for improvement. METHODS: This study 
      is a systematic review (SR) of case reports. Studies describing cases for 
      acupuncture-related AEs between 2010 and 2023 (until July) were searched in 
      PubMed, Embase, and local databases (China and Korea), as well as by 
      hand-searching references included in published relevant SRs. A bibliometric 
      analysis was conducted to examine the publication trends of the included 
      literature. The appropriateness of the acupuncture described in the cases, the 
      causality assessment between AEs and acupuncture treatment, and the presence of 
      necessary items from the CAse REport guidelines (CARE) checklist were narratively 
      analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 169 case reports were included in this review. Over 
      the past decade, an average of 12 case reports on acupuncture-related AEs were 
      published annually. However, only 38.2% of the articles provided sufficient 
      information to determine the appropriateness of the acupuncture treatment used in 
      the reported cases, and considerable numbers of the included case reports did not 
      suggest enough information for the assessment of a causal relationship. The 
      majority of cases did not report the timeline (n = 164), patient perspectives 
      (n = 157), and informed consent (n = 121) items from the CARE checklist. 
      DISCUSSION: Acupuncture-related AEs persist in being frequently reported in the 
      literature. Nonetheless, the information concerning acupuncture and causality 
      assessment within these publications is still found to be insufficient. The 
      development of reporting guidelines for future case reports on 
      acupuncture-related AEs is anticipated to promote an academic environment 
      conducive to more comprehensive reporting.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Authors.
FAU - Kim, Tae-Hun
AU  - Kim TH
AD  - Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee 
      University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Lee, Myeong Soo
AU  - Lee MS
AD  - Division of Clinical Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, 
      Republic of Korea.
FAU - Birch, Stephen
AU  - Birch S
AD  - School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
FAU - Alraek, Terje
AU  - Alraek T
AD  - School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Research Center 
      in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, 
      Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Norheim, Arne Johan
AU  - Norheim AJ
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Research Center 
      in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, 
      Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Kang, Jung Won
AU  - Kang JW
AD  - Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee 
      University, Seoul, South Korea.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230930
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC10569964
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acupuncture-related adverse events
OT  - Adverse events
OT  - CARE statement
OT  - Case report
OT  - Causality
OT  - Systematic review
COIS- The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships 
      which may be considered as potential competing interests:Myeong Soo Lee reports 
      financial support was provided by 10.13039/501100003718KIOM.
EDAT- 2023/10/16 06:48
MHDA- 2023/10/16 06:49
PMCR- 2023/09/30
CRDT- 2023/10/16 04:54
PHST- 2023/05/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/09/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/09/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/10/16 06:49 [medline]
PHST- 2023/10/16 06:48 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/10/16 04:54 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/09/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(23)07785-X [pii]
AID - e20577 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20577 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2023 Sep 30;9(10):e20577. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20577. 
      eCollection 2023 Oct.