Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in treatment of pregnancyrelated symptoms:a systematic review and Meta-analysis
作者机构:School of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical MedicineHubei University of Traditional Chinese MedicineWuhan 430000China First Clinical College of Hubei University of Traditional Chinese MedicineWuhan 430000China Department of Acupuncture and TuinaAffiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Traditional Chinese MedicineHubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineWuhan 430000China
出 版 物:《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》 (中医杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2024年第44卷第1期
页 面:16-26页
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学科分类:1005[医学-中医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学]
主 题:acupuncture pregnancy nausea vomiting sleep initiation and maintenance disorders low back pain pelvic pain mood abnormalities Meta-analysis systematic review
摘 要:OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture(AM)in the treatment of pregnancyrelated symptoms such as acute vomiting during ***:We comprehensively searched the available literature up to November 2021,including Pub Med,Embase,Cochrane Library,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,and China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database,for randomized controlled trials(RCTs)on AM for the treatment of severe vomiting,insomnia,pharyngeal and pelvic pain,mood abnormalities,and dyspepsia during ***:Sixteen RCTs with a cumulative sample size of 1178 cases were *** these,964 patients were included in the *** Meta-analysis results showed that AM was more efficient than Western medicine in treating discomfort during pregnancy[odds ratio(OR)=1.19,95%confidence interval(CI)(1.11,1.28),P0.01].AM was better than the control group in improving the visual analog scale scores[standard mean difference(SMD)=0.62,95%CI(0.53,0.71),P0.01].AM was superior to the control group in improving Numerical Rating Scale(NRS)symptom scores[OR=7.31,95%CI(3.36,15.94),P0.01].There was no significant difference in adverse effects between the AM and sham-AM groups and the analgesic drug group[OR=0.70,95%CI(0.39,1.28),P=0.25],but the treatment and control groups had mild adverse effects with a low ***:AM is more effective than other treatments or pharmacotherapy alone in the treatment of pregnancy-related symptoms,and is relatively ***,the quality of the included trials was rather poor,and high-quality studies are required to confirm our findings.