Comparing physicians’ and patients’ reporting on adverse reactions in randomized trials on acupuncture - a secondary data analysis

Schwaneberg, Thea; Witt, Claudia M; Roll, Stephanie; Pach, Daniel

doi:10.1186/s12906-019-2638-x

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Schwaneberg, T., Witt, C. M., Roll, S., & Pach, D. (2019). Comparing physicians’ and patients’ reporting on adverse reactions in randomized trials on acupuncture - a secondary data analysis. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 19, 223. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2638-x

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We aimed to compare patients' and physicians' safety reporting using data from large acupuncture trials (44,818 patients) and to determine associations between patient characteristics and reporting of adverse reactions. METHODS: Six pragmatic randomized trials with an additional non-randomized study arm that included those patients who refused randomization were evaluated. Patients received acupuncture treatment for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, chronic neck pain, chronic low back pain, chronic headache, dysmenorrhea,