Question · asked by 1 review
Acupuncture vs sham control: Health‐related quality of life
- Population
- Patients with idiopathic dysgeusia and hypogeusia
- Intervention
- Acupuncture
- Comparison
- sham control
- Outcome
- Health‐related quality of life
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupuncture vs Sham control (deactivated laser sham acupuncture) Health-related quality of life · Patients with idiopathic dysgeusia and hypogeusia Interventions for managing taste disturbances (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes | Results (health-related quality of life): Brandt 2008 assessed HRQoL in dysgeusia patients and reported significant improvement in psychological symptoms in the acupuncture group and increased quality of life in both… | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for managing taste disturbances 2017 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2017-07 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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