Efficacy and Duration of Electro-Acupuncture Combined with Conventional Antipsychotics for Schizophrenia:A Meta-Analysis

作     者：Zhao-Han Huang Yuan Fang Qi Yu Tong Wang 

作者机构：College of Traditional Chinese MedicineBeijing University of Chinese MedicineBeijingChina Shanghai Center for Women and Children's HealthShanghaiChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》 (世界中医药杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第9卷第2期

页      面：212-223页

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学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Electro-acupuncture meta-analysis schizophrenia 

摘      要：Introduction:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and optimal course time of electro-acupuncture(EA)combined with conventional antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia(SZ)and to provide a basis for its clinical ***:Relevant databases and authoritative websites were retrieved,and references were screened up to May *** quality evaluation and data extraction were carried out according to the requirements of Cochrane version 5.1.0,and meta-analysis was conducted using Rav Man5.4 ***:In total,16 randomized controlled trails comprising 1352 patients were ***-analysis revealed that the observation group showed greater improvements than the control group in total clinical efficacy(P0.05).In the 4-6 weeks following treatment,a significant improvement in all the four components of the PANSS scores was observed in the observation ***:The efficacy of EA combined with conventional antipsychotics for SZ is better than that of psychiatric drugs *** addition,the effect of a 4-to 6-week treatment course on each outcome index is more significant,and the efficacy is higher.