A Case Registry Study of Acupuncture Treatment for Stroke: Data Elements and Definitions

Abstract

Stroke prevention and treatment has been the focus of attention in the global medical community, and the unique advantages of acupuncture for stroke treatment are becoming increasingly prominent, Chinese guidelines for acute ischemic stroke 2018 recommend acupuncture for acute cerebral infarction patients (gradeⅡrecommendation, B-level evidence). Standardization and normalization of clinical research data can ensure the data quality of clinical research and provide assurance for data collation and mining. Case registration is a real-world study, and the consistency of data elements is one of the necessary elements to ensure plan implementation, efficient data quality, and credible clinical research evidence. Therefore, the research group developed the data elements and definitions of this project based on the national key research and development project case registration research of acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment of stroke, in order to optimize the clinical research paradigm of acupuncture and moxibustion for the prevention and treatment of stroke.

Keywords

• stroke|acupuncture moxibustion therapy|registration|data elements|data quality|research paradigm