Table 3. Compliance of reporting to the STRICTA checklist.
| Items | Total (n = 318, %) |
Chinese (n = 264, %) |
English (n = 54, %) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture rationale | |||
| 47.Style of acupuncture | 27 (8.5) | 3 (1.1) | 24 (44.4) |
| 48.Reason for the treatment | 45 (14.2) | 20 (7.6) | 25 (46.3) |
| 49.Extent to which treatment was varied | 4 (1.3) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (3.7) |
| Details of needling | |||
| 50.Number of needle insertions per subject | 262 (82.4) | 238 (90.2) | 24 (44.4) |
| 51.Names of the points | 285 (89.6) | 241 (91.3) | 44 (81.5) |
| 52.Depth of insertion | 151 (47.5) | 110 (41.7) | 41 (75.9) |
| 53.Responses sought | 252 (79.2) | 210 (79.5) | 42 (77.8) |
| 54.Needle stimulation | 241 (75.8) | 198 (75.0) | 43 (79.6) |
| 55.Needle retention time | 275 (86.5) | 235 (89.0) | 40 (74.1) |
| 56.Needle type | 252 (79.2) | 209 (79.2) | 43 (79.6) |
| Treatment regimen | |||
| 57.Number of treatment sessions | 288 (90.6) | 248 (93.9) | 40 (74.1) |
| 58.Frequency and duration of treatment sessions | 292 (91.8) | 251 (95.1) | 41 (75.9) |
| Other components of treatment | |||
| 59. Details of other interventions | 59 (18.6) | 51 (19.3) | 8 (14.8) |
| 60.Setting and context of treatment | 48 (15.1) | 40 (15.2) | 8 (14.8) |
| Practitioner background | |||
| 61.Practitioner background | 23 (7.2) | 1 (0.4) | 22 (40.7) |
| Control or comparator interventions | |||
| 62.Rationale for the control | 29 (9.1) | 5 (1.9) | 24 (65.6) |
| 63.Precise description of the control | 265 (83.3) | 232 (87.9) | 33 (61.1) |
| Summarized scores | |||
| STRICTA‡ | 9 (8–10) | 9 (8–10) | 9 (7–11) |
| Total scores a‡ | 24 (21–27) | 23 (21–26) | 25 (28–38) |
a: The score was calculate based on the items of the standard CONSORT, CONSORT Extension for Trials Assessing Non-Pharmacological Treatments and STRICTA checklist
‡: Score was showed as Median (interquartile range)