Acupuncture plus gastrokinetic agents vs gastrokinetic agents: Proportion of people whose symptoms 'improved' (long term: more than 12 weeks)
It is very uncertain whether acupuncture plus gastrokinetic agents changes proportion of people whose symptoms 'improved' (long term: more than… compared with gastrokinetic agents alone (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupuncture plus gastrokinetic agents vs gastrokinetic agents alone Proportion of people whose symptoms 'improved' (long term: more than 12 weeks) · symptomatic gastroparesis It is very uncertain whether acupuncture plus gastrokinetic agents changes proportion of people whose symptoms 'improved' (long term: more than… compared with gastrokinetic agents alone (very low certainty). Acupuncture for symptomatic gastroparesis (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.41 [1.19, 1.66] | 3 studies · 237 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture for symptomatic gastroparesis 2018 · 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.