The reporting quality of acupuncture-related traumatic adverse events: a systematic review of case studies in Korea

Table 3 Reporting quality assessment of the information regarding acupuncture practice


Study ID (author, year)	Practitioner’s type	Needle type (diameter, length)	Names of points or locations	Depth of insertion	Direction of insertion	Needle stimulation method	Posture during treatment	Needle retention time
Bahn (1999) [34]	WD	WD	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Chun (2014) [19]	WD	ND	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Chung (2008) [16]	ND	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Chung (2016) [40]	ND	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Chung (2020) [33]	WD	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Ha (2009) [17]	WD	DS	DS	ND	ND	ND	DS	ND
Her (2013) [14]	ND	WD	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Hong (2006) [24]	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Hwang (2008) [26]	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Jeon (2004) [22]	ND	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kang (2013) [30]	WD	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Koo (2022) [21]	ND	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kim (2006) [25]	WD	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kim (2009) [27]	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kim (2011a) [36]	WD	ND	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kim (2011b) [18]	WD	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kim (2011c) [37]	WD	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Lee (2001) [13]	WD	WD	WD	WD	DS	WD	ND	ND
Lee (2005) [23]	WD	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Lee (2008) [35]	WD	ND	WD	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Lee (2020) [39]	WD	ND	WD	ND	WD	ND	ND	ND
Moon (2013a) [29]	DS	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Moon (2013b) [38]	ND	DS	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Park (2013) [28]	WD	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Park (2019) [31]	DS	DS	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Sung (2016) [15]	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	ND
Woo (2020) [32]	ND	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	WD	ND
Yeo (2021) [20]	ND	ND	DS	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND

*AT, acupuncture treatment; DS, demonstrated but not sufficient for judgment; NA, not applicable; ND, not demonstrated; WD, well demonstrated

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