PMID- 38481267
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240315
LR  - 20240315
IS  - 2662-7671 (Electronic)
IS  - 2662-7671 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Mar 13
TI  - The reporting quality of acupuncture-related traumatic adverse events: a 
      systematic review of case studies in Korea.
PG  - 120
LID - 10.1186/s12906-024-04421-5 [doi]
LID - 120
AB  - BACKGROUND: Acupuncture is known for a harmless treatment when administered by 
      well-trained clinicians. However, multiple case reports of traumatic adverse 
      events (AEs) related to acupuncture treatments continue to be published in 
      literature. In this review, we evaluated the reporting quality and conducted 
      causality assessments of case studies that have reported acupuncture-related 
      traumatic AEs in Korea. METHODS: Eight databases were searched from their 
      inception to January 2024. Only Korean case studies that reported traumatic AEs 
      following acupuncture procedures were included without any language restrictions. 
      Reporting quality was evaluated based on patient characteristics, AEs, and 
      acupuncture practice. Causality was assessed using the modified WHO-UMC causality 
      criteria. RESULTS: Twenty-eight studies were included from a total of 1,154 
      identified studies. The quality of reporting in the included studies was low 
      overall. While the descriptions of patient characteristics and AEs were 
      relatively well detailed, most information on acupuncture practice was not 
      reported at all. During the causality assessment, only three (10.7%) studies were 
      judged to be "certain". Twelve (42.9%) studies were "unassessable" because they 
      inadequately described the information necessary for decision-making. It was 
      practically difficult to establish the causality between acupuncture and AEs, as 
      well as the appropriateness of acupuncture practice. CONCLUSIONS: Insufficient 
      and inappropriate reporting was observed in most case studies reporting 
      acupuncture-related traumatic AEs in Korea. To overcome these limitations, we 
      have suggested tentative guidelines in the form of a set of items that should be 
      reported by future authors who plan to publish case studies on 
      acupuncture-related traumatic AEs in a clinical setting.
CI  - (c) 2024. The Author(s).
FAU - Kim, Sung-A
AU  - Kim SA
AD  - Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, 
      Seoul, South Korea.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 
      Seoul, South Korea.
FAU - Lee, Ji-Su
AU  - Lee JS
AD  - Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, 
      Seoul, South Korea.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 
      Seoul, South Korea.
FAU - Kim, Tae-Hun
AU  - Kim TH
AD  - Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee 
      University, Seoul, South Korea.
FAU - Lee, Seunghoon
AU  - Lee S
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 
      Seoul, South Korea.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee 
      University, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 02447, South Korea.
FAU - Lee, Jae-Dong
AU  - Lee JD
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 
      Seoul, South Korea.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee 
      University, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 02447, South Korea.
FAU - Kang, Jung Won
AU  - Kang JW
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 
      Seoul, South Korea. doctorkang@naver.com.
AD  - Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee 
      University, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 02447, South Korea. 
      doctorkang@naver.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Systematic Review
DEP - 20240313
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Complement Med Ther
JT  - BMC complementary medicine and therapies
JID - 101761232
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Acupuncture Therapy/adverse effects/methods
MH  - Databases, Factual
MH  - Republic of Korea
PMC - PMC10935981
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acupuncture
OT  - Adverse events
OT  - Case reports
OT  - Systematic review
OT  - Trauma injury
COIS- The authors have no conflict of interests to declare. The authors declare no 
      competing interests.
EDAT- 2024/03/14 06:46
MHDA- 2024/03/15 06:43
PMCR- 2024/03/13
CRDT- 2024/03/14 03:26
PHST- 2023/08/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/03/15 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/14 06:46 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/14 03:26 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/03/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12906-024-04421-5 [pii]
AID - 4421 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12906-024-04421-5 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Mar 13;24(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s12906-024-04421-5.