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Study Intervention Reporting Gap Tool

Audit explicit research-report detail requirements without interpreting treatment efficacy.

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Description

Return distinct required detail tokens absent from reportedDetails, preserving first required occurrence, plus their count.

Acupuncture research records distinguish reporting completeness, source editions, treatment-contact labels, outcome direction and missing-outcome scenarios. These tools organize benign study or public-source metadata; they do not provide treatment instructions, locate intervention sites or determine safety or efficacy. Reporting support and clinical evidence are different questions.

Return distinct required detail tokens absent from reportedDetails, preserving first required occurrence, plus their count.

When to use this tool

Use Study Intervention Reporting Gap when checking the stated benign study-record, public-source or reporting convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter requiredDetails, reportedDetails. Follow any array-alignment requirements below. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read missingCount, missingDetails. Use the output convention below.

Return distinct required detail tokens absent from reportedDetails, preserving first required occurrence, plus their count.1

STRICTA addresses intervention reporting within trial reports. This tool compares caller-provided detail lists; it neither supplies the full checklist nor assesses treatment efficacy or safety.2

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
requiredDetailsRequired DetailsRequired. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256.
reportedDetailsReported DetailsRequired. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
missingCountMissing CountRequired. Safe integer.
missingDetailsMissing DetailsRequired. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256.
json
{
  "input": {
    "requiredDetails": [
      "timing",
      "comparator"
    ],
    "reportedDetails": [
      "timing"
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "missingCount": 1,
    "missingDetails": [
      "comparator"
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • This is a caller-provided checklist; it does not enforce a reporting standard or assess intervention safety, efficacy or study quality.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use the original protocol, registry, reports and appropriate complete research methods; consult qualified health professionals for actual care or clinical interpretation.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: acupuncture/study-intervention-reporting-gap — tool.io

  2. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement — Hugh MacPherson and coauthors

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