Copyright © 2015, SOCIETY FOR MERIDIAN AND ACUPOINT 177 Received December 7, 2015, Revised December 15, 2015, Accepted December 16, 2015 Corresponding author: Hyangsook Lee Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Centre, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 26, Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea Tel: +82-2-961-0703, Fax: +82-2-963-2175, E-mail: erc633@khu.ac.kr We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Delphi expert panel whose work was essential for our study. This study was supported by the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine(K15121). CC This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. KOREAN JOURNAL OF A CUPUNCTURE ORIGINAL ARTICLE Korean Journal of Acupuncture Vol.32, No.4, pp.177-189, 2015 pISSN 2287-3368 / eISSN 2287-3376 http://dx.doi.org/10.14406/acu.2015.031 침구 치료 이상반응 설문지 개발과 타당도 평가 김서연 1,2 ㆍ이준환 3,4 ㆍ육태한 5 ㆍ박지민 6 ㆍ임정태 7 ㆍ이향숙 1,2 1 경희대학교 한의과대학 대학원 기초한의과학과, 2 경희대학교 침구경락융합연구센터, 3 한국한의학연구원 임상연구부, 4 한국과학기술연합대학원대학교 한의생명과학전공, 5 우석대학교 한의과대학 침구의학과, 6 경희대학교 한의과대학 침구의학과, 7 경희대학교 한의과대학 대학원 임상한의학과 Development and Validation of a Survey Form for Adverse Events Associated with Acupuncture and Moxibustion Seoyeon Kim 1,2 , Jun-Hwan Lee 3,4 , Tae Han Yook 5 , Jimin Park 6 , Jungtae Leem 7 , Hyangsook Lee 1,2 1 Department of Korean Medical Science, Graduate School, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 2 Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Centre, Kyung Hee University, 3 Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 4 University of Science & Technology, Korean Medicine Life Science, Campus of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 5 Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University, 6 Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 7 Department of Clinical Research of Korean Medicine, Graduate School, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University Objectives : To develop and validate a survey form for adverse events(AEs) associated with acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. Methods : The 1st version of a survey form consisting of 9 categories was developed and modified based on the analysis of questionnaires from previous studies on AEs. To evaluate content validity of the 1st version, a Delphi survey where experts in acupuncture and moxibustion, and research methodology were invited, was conducted alongside a separate content validity questionnaire. The content validity indices for each item and total scale were calculated as the proportion of the number of experts judging each item or scale valid to the number of total experts. Results : After the Delphi round 1, the content validity of 2 items and total scale was rated as inadequate. The 1st version was modified accordingly, and the 2nd version of the survey form was developed. The content validity of the 2nd version was assessed in the Delphi round 2 and the final version was completed after incorporating the expert comments. The final version consists of 13 questions regarding practitioner/patient information, condition/disease, intervention, treated body parts, safety issue and AE occurrence related with practitioner’s behavior or instruments, AEs associated with treatment and emergency actions taken if necessary, time to AE occurrence, outcomes, serious AEs or death, and time to AE disappearance. Conclusions : This newly developed and validated survey form will serve to collect AEs associated with acupuncture and moxibustion treatments in Korea and contribute to establishing the evidence on safety of Korean acupuncture treatment. Key words : adverse events, acupuncture, safety, survey, delphi, content validity