关键词:
Acupuncture
Clinical study
Methodological challenge
Scoping review
摘要:
Background:Methodological issues and challenges hinder the high-quality development of acupuncture clinical ***:To systematically summarize the methodological issues,challenges,and recommendations in acupuncture clinical research using the participant,intervention,comparison,outcome,and study design(PICOS)framework to generate a comprehensive list of methodological questions and ***:We searched seven databases for articles on the methodological aspects of clinical acupuncture research from their inception to March 24,*** researchers independently screened the titles,ab-stracts,and full text of each *** extraction and analyses were performed for the eligible ***,the methodological challenges and recommendations for acupuncture clinical studies are listed,and the frequency of methodological challenges is displayed in a sunburst ***:A total of 226 studies were included in the review,most of which originated in China(173,77%),followed by the United States(25,11%)and the United Kingdom(12,5%).Clinical research on acupuncture faces methodological challenges that span the five elements of the PICOS *** most frequently mentioned issues were related to comparison,followed by study design and *** further categorized,the establishment of the control group is undoubtedly the most concerning issue for ***:This review provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and recommendations for each aspect of the PICOS framework in clinical acupuncture research.