Reporting and influencing factors of patient-reported outcomes in acupuncture randomised controlled trials: a cross-sectional study protocol

• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079218
• Publication Date: 2024-02-08T04:08:14Z
• Authors: Yuting Duan; Pinge Zhao; Shujuan Liu; Yuening Deng; Zhirui Xu; Linghui Xiong; Zewei Chen; Weifeng Zhu; Shengwei Wu; Lin Yu
• Keywords: Blinding; Research Design

Introduction Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are health reports that come directly from the patients themselves and represented experience insights of patient’s perspective on impact intervention. PROs were increasingly emphasised in acupuncture randomised controlled trials (RCTs). However, reporting quality RCTs has not been investigated to date. Therefore, we constructed this study reveal basic characteristics RCTs, explore relationship between concealment, blinding RROs. We hope our findings can provide guidance for standards future development reverse. Methods analysis using treatment as intervention primary or secondary will be systematically searched through seven databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CBM, CNKI, Wanfang VIP 1 January 2012 15 October 2022. The characteristics, design included summarised. assessed based CONSORT PRO extension. Logistic performed identify association Ethics dissemination Ethical approval is required study. This protocol registered Open Science Framework (OSF) Registries. submitted a peer-reviewed academic journal.