Number of participants reporting an adverse event · people with episodic migraine
Acupuncture probably leads to lower number of participants reporting adverse effects compared with prophylactic drugs (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Response (after treatment) · people with episodic migraine
Acupuncture probably leads to higher response (after treatment) compared with no treatment/usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Response ( · people with episodic migraine
Acupuncture may leads to higher response ( compared with no treatment/usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Headache (frequency) · people with episodic migraine
2 findings from 1 review
Response (after treatment) · people with episodic migraine
Acupuncture probably leads to higher response (after treatment) compared with sham interventions (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Response ( · people with episodic migraine
Acupuncture probably leads to higher response ( compared with sham interventions (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects (drop‐outs due to adverse effects4) · people with episodic migraine
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in number of participants dropping out due to adverse effects compared with sham interventions (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life: anxiodepressive symptomatology · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes quality of life: anxiodepressive symptomatology compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Spontaneous abortion · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in spontaneous abortion compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Preterm birth · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in preterm birth less than 37 weeks compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Perinatal mortality · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in stillbirth and neonatal death compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of hospital admission (days) · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Reduction or cessation in nausea · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes reduction or cessation in nausea compared with metoclopramide (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Reduction or cessation in vomiting · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes reduction or cessation in vomiting compared with metoclopramide (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of hospital admission (days) · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Smoking cessation · People trying to stop smoking
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in smoking cessation compared with sham acupuncture (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Global state: not improved ‐ short‐term GAF · patients with schizophrenia
It is very uncertain whether ACUPUNCTURE changes global state: Not improved (talk, behaviour and expression still… compared with STANDARD DOSE ANTIPSYCHOTICS (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mental state: psychopathology Total endpoint data, BPRS (higher score = worse, scale from: 0‐126) · patients with schizophrenia
1 finding from 1 review
Behaviour: Leaving the study early (short‐term) · patients with schizophrenia
1 finding from 1 review
Service outcomes: Hospitalisation · patients with schizophrenia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review