Lack of efficacy withdrawal · adults with intractable epilepsy
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in withdrawal due to lack of efficacy ( compared with sham acupuncture (low certainty).
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Adverse effects ( · adults with intractable epilepsy
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50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency · people with epilepsy
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in 50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency ( compared with phenytoin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects ( · people with epilepsy
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Seizure freedom · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in seizure freedom ( compared with valproate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture may leads to higher 50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency ( compared with valproate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Post‐treatment quality of life (QOLIE‐31 score, which has a range of 0‐200, with higher score indicates better quality of life) ( · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
1 finding from 1 review
Frequency of adverse effects ‐ dizziness ( · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in frequency of adverse effects ‐ dizziness ( compared with valproate (low certainty).
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Frequency of adverse effects ‐ malaise ( · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in frequency of adverse effects ‐ malaise ( compared with valproate (low certainty).
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Nausea · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in frequency of adverse effects ‐ nausea ( compared with valproate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Frequency of adverse effects ‐ sleepiness ( · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in frequency of adverse effects ‐ sleepiness ( compared with valproate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Relapse · patients with schizophrenia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical response: no clinically significant response in mental state · patients with schizophrenia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Behaviour: Leaving the study early (short‐term) · patients with schizophrenia
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Service outcomes: Hospitalisation · patients with schizophrenia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Adverse effects: Spinal fracture (short‐term) · patients with schizophrenia
ELECTRIC ACUPUNCTURE CONVULSIVE THERAPY may leads to lower adverse effects: Spinal fracture (short‐term) compared with ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life: No clinically important change in quality of life · patients with schizophrenia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Economic outcomes: Cost of care · patients with schizophrenia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Resolution of hordeolum at short term · people with acute hordeolum
Acupuncture plus conventional treatments may leads to higher resolution of hordeolum at short term compared with conventional treatments alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Resolution of hordeolum between 8 and 30 days after diagnosis, or that closest to 14 days after diagnosis · people with acute hordeolum
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review