What do systematic reviews say?

Conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) vs CSA+acupuncture

It is very uncertain whether conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) changes side effects (postoperative vomiting and/or vomiting) compared with CSA+acupuncture (very low certainty).

• Pain relief for women undergoing oocyte retrieval for assisted reproduction 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 1.64 [0.46, 5.88]
  1 study · 62 participants
  Very low

Conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) vs CSA+acupuncture

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Pain relief for women undergoing oocyte retrieval for assisted reproduction 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) vs CSA + electro‐acupuncture

• Pain relief for women undergoing oocyte retrieval for assisted reproduction 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 62 participants
  Very low

Conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) vs CSA + electro‐acupuncture

• Pain relief for women undergoing oocyte retrieval for assisted reproduction 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 61 participants
  Very low

Conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) vs CSA + electro‐acupuncture

It is very uncertain whether conscious sedation and analgesia (CSA) changes pregnancy compared with CSA + electro‐acupuncture (very low certainty).

• Pain relief for women undergoing oocyte retrieval for assisted reproduction 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.22 [0.07, 0.66]
  1 study · 61 participants
  Very low

Acupuncture vs sham

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 67 participants
  Low

Acupuncture vs no treatment

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Acupuncture vs no treatment

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Acupressure vs sham acupressure

Acupressure may leads to lower overall premenstrual symptoms at end of treatment. compared with sham acupressure (low certainty).

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.64 [0.52, 0.79]
  1 study · 90 participants
  Low

Acupressure vs sham acupressure

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Acupressure vs sham acupressure

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Acupressure vs sham acupressure

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Acupressure vs sham acupressure

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 90 participants
  Low

Acupressure vs sham acupressure

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 90 participants
  Low

Acupuncture vs sham

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 67 participants
  Low

Acupuncture vs sham

It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes adverse events at up to 2 months' compared with sham (very low certainty).

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.74 [0.39, 7.76]
  3 studies · 167 participants
  Very low

Acupuncture vs sham

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Acupuncture vs sham

It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes response rate at end of treatment compared with sham (very low certainty).

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 4.22 [0.45, 39.88]
  2 studies · 100 participants
  Very low

Acupuncture vs sham

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 67 participants
  Low

Acupuncture vs no treatment

• Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 14 participants
  Very low