Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2015 / Article / Tab 3 / Review Article
The Reporting Quality of Acupuncture-Related Infections in Korean Literature: A Systematic Review of Case Studies Table 3 Reporting status on the specific features of acupuncture treatments in the included studies.
Study ID (author, yr) Details of acupuncture practice Practitioner’s type Needling site (acupuncture points) Usage of disposable, sterile needles Depth of insertion Needle type Stimulation method Acupuncture settings Disinfection procedure Appraisal for the appropriateness of acupuncture Bang and Lim 2006 [25 ] ND DE ND DE DE ND ND ND Unclear Cho et al. 2003 [33 ] ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Cho et al. 2010 [21 ] ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Cho et al. 2015 [31 ] DE ND ND ND ND ND WD ND Unclear Choi et al. 2013 [13 ] WD DE ND ND DE ND WD ND Unclear Choi 2014 [17 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Ha et al. 1999 [30 ] ND DE ND ND DE ND DE ND Unclear Ha and Kim 2003 [26 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND DE ND Unclear Han et al. 2012 [18 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Kang et al. 2012 [14 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Jung et al. 2011 [32 ] ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Jung et al. 2014 [22 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Kang and Jeong 2006 [15 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND WD DE Unclear Kim et al. 2003 [35 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND WD ND Unclear Kim et al. 2010 [23 ] WD DE ND ND ND ND DE ND Inappropriate J. W. Kim and Y. S. Kim 2010 [27 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Kim et al. 2015 [29 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Lee et al. 1994 [24 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Lee et al. 2008 [19 ] ND DE ND ND DE ND ND ND Unclear Lee et al. 2012 [28 ] WD WD ND WD ND ND WD DE Unclear Lim et al. 2013 [34 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear Song et al. 2006 [16 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND WD ND Unclear Yu et al. 2013 [20 ] ND DE ND ND ND ND ND ND Unclear
WD: well documented, DE: documented but not enough, ND: not documented, and NA: not applicable; acupuncture treatment was appraised to be Appropriate when all the acupuncture procedures could not be a probable cause of the adverse events or complications, Inappropriate when any of procedures might be the possible cause of the adverse events or complications, and Unclear when there is not enough information for deciding the appropriateness of acupuncture treatment.