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Standards for reporting

interventions in controlled

trials of acupuncture:

the STRICTA

recommendations

Hugh MacPherson,Adrian White,

Mike Cummings, Kim Jobst, Ken Rose,

Richard Niemtzow, for the STRICTA Group*

Acupuncture treatment and control group interventions in parallel-group randomized

trials of acupuncture are not always precisely reported. In an attempt to improve

standards, an international group of experienced acupuncturists and researchers

devised a set of recommendations, designating them STRICTA: STandards for

Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture. In a further consensus-

building round, the editors of several journals helped redraft the recommendations.

Hugh MacPherson,

Co-ordinator for the These follow the CONSORT format, acting as an extension of the CONSORT

STRICTA Group. guidelines for the specific requirements of acupuncture studies. Participating journals

Adrian White, Editor,

Complementary Therapies are publishing the STRICTA recommendations and requesting prospective authors

in Medicine. to adhere to them when preparing reports for publication. Other journals are invited

Mike Cummings, Editor, to adopt these recommendations.The intended outcome is that interventions in

Acupuncture in Medicine.

Kim Jobst, Editor,Journal controlled trials of acupuncture will be more adequately reported, thereby

of Alternative and facilitating an improvement in critical appraisal, analysis and replication of trials.

Complementary Medicine.

Ken Rose, Editor, Clinical © 2002, Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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