Blinding Indices and Blinding Scenarios of Practitioners and Patients with Acupuncture Needles for Double Blinding

Assessment of Completeness of Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

“…Hence, a view prevails among some reports that any study with unclear methodological evaluation was prone to exaggerate the outcome effect value by at least 40%, triggering a greater heterogeneity of results. 20 , 21 In contrast to allocation concealment, although concealment of random sequence in RCTs is feasible, blinding is barely possible in certain trials, 22 , 23 just as this study struggled to blind both researchers and participants, stemming from the particularity of implementation of AT. Only participants were blinded, which was consistent with the practice of several studies.…”

Comparison of 3 assessment modes of acupuncture effect on patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

“…In general, acupuncture ameliorates pain immediately and the effect lasts for a few hours. [ 33 , 34 ] However, assessments conducted immediately or soon after treatment may exaggerate the results. In addition, the influence which patients are accompanied with outcome assessors on objective effect assessment cannot be ignored.…”

“…In addition, the influence which patients are accompanied with outcome assessors on objective effect assessment cannot be ignored. Meanwhile, personal and situational factors which may affect treatment response [ 34 ] should be considered.…”