Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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 typeNeedling site
(acupuncture points)		Usage of disposable, sterile needlesDepth of insertionNeedle typeStimulation methodAcupuncture settingsDisinfection procedureAppraisal for the appropriateness of acupuncture
Bang and Lim 2006 [25]NDDENDDEDENDNDNDUnclear
Cho et al. 2003 [33]NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Cho et al. 2010 [21]NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Cho et al. 2015 [31]DENDNDNDNDNDWDNDUnclear
Choi et al. 2013 [13]WDDENDNDDENDWDNDUnclear
Choi 2014 [17]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Ha et al. 1999 [30]NDDENDNDDENDDENDUnclear
Ha and Kim 2003 [26]NDDENDNDNDNDDENDUnclear
Han et al. 2012 [18]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Kang et al. 2012 [14]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Jung et al. 2011 [32]NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Jung et al. 2014 [22]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Kang and Jeong 2006 [15]NDDENDNDNDNDWDDEUnclear
Kim et al. 2003 [35]NDDENDNDNDNDWDNDUnclear
Kim et al. 2010 [23]WDDENDNDNDNDDENDInappropriate
J. W. Kim and Y. S. Kim 2010 [27]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Kim et al. 2015 [29]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Lee et al. 1994 [24]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Lee et al. 2008 [19]NDDENDNDDENDNDNDUnclear
Lee et al. 2012 [28]WDWDNDWDNDNDWDDEUnclear
Lim et al. 2013 [34]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
Song et al. 2006 [16]NDDENDNDNDNDWDNDUnclear
Yu et al. 2013 [20]NDDENDNDNDNDNDNDUnclear
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.