STRICTA – STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials …
STRICTA has been designed to improve the standards for reporting interventions in clinical trials of acupuncture. These guidelines provide authors a way to structure their reports of interventions using a checklist.
Checklist - STRICTA
Download the STRICTA 2010 checklist in Word. Download the STRICTA 2010 checklist as a PDF
History – STRICTA
The origins of STRICTA. The idea of STRICTA was first put forward at a meeting of an international group of acupuncture researchers at Exeter University, United Kingdom, by Dr Hugh MacPherson in July 2001.
STRICTA 2010 Checklist. Citation: MacPherson H, Altman DG, Hammerschlag R, Youping L, Taixiang W, White A, Moher D; STRICTA Revision Group. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT statement. PLoS Med. 2010 Jun 8;7(6):e1000261.
Explanations and examples for Item 1: The acupuncture rationale
Item 1a: Style of acupuncture (e.g. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Japanese, Korean, Western medical, Five Element, ear acupuncture, etc) Explanation: Acupuncture has a long history in many cultures and is characterised by a broad diversity of styles and approaches in both East Asia and the West. (1) In order for the readers to contextualize the ...
The revised STRICTA checklist comprises six items broken out into seventeen sub-items (Table 1). Table 2 presents how the revised STRICTA checklist fits within the CONSORT checklist [10] and its extension for non-pharmacological treatments [14]. Below we provide the checklist text for each of the six items and
Explanations and examples for Item 2: Details of needling - STRICTA
Item 2c: Depth of insertion, based on a specified unit of measurement, or on a particular tissue level. Explanation: The depth of insertion should be expressed using the Chinese measurement of the cun; in terms of anatomical depth, for example, of subcutaneous tissue, fascia, muscle or periosteum; or in millimetres.
Explanations and examples for Item 6: Control or comparator
Item 6a: Rationale for the control or comparator in the context of the research question, with sources that justify this choice. Explanation: The rationale for choice of control or comparator should be presented and justified in relation to the research question and the methodology.
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Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT statement. PLoS Med. 2010 Jun 8;7(6):e1000261. Table 1: STRICTA 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting interventions in a clinical trial of acupuncture (Expansion of Item 5 from CONSORT 2010 checklist) Item Detail 1.