Acupuncture vs placebo or sham acupuncture: Adverse events Adverse events includes withdrawal and drop‐outs that could be clearly identified as due to an adverse event
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in adverse events Adverse events includes withdrawal and drop‐outs that… compared with placebo or sham acupuncture (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupuncture vs placebo or sham acupuncture Adverse events Adverse events includes withdrawal and drop‐outs that could be clearly identified as due to an adverse event · patients with fibromyalgia Acupuncture showed no clear difference in adverse events Adverse events includes withdrawal and drop‐outs that… compared with placebo or sham acupuncture (moderate certainty). Acupuncture for treating fibromyalgia (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.44 [0.12, 1.63] | 5 studies · 289 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture for treating fibromyalgia 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.