Question · asked by 1 review
Acupuncture vs medical treatment: Adverse events
- Population
- treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
- Intervention
- Acupuncture
- Comparison
- medical treatment
- Outcome
- Adverse events
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupuncture vs medical treatment Adverse events · treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome Non‐pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 78 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non‐pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.