Question · asked by 1 review
Acupuncture vs usual care: Physical quality of life
- Population
- patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain
- Intervention
- Acupuncture
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Physical quality of life
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupuncture vs usual care Quality of life (QoL) – physical health SF‐12 (0 to 100; 0 = poor QoL, 100 = high QoL) · chronic nonspecific low back pain Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 731 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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How reviews are matched to this question
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