Acupuncture vs shamPain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 105 participantsModerate
Acupuncture vs shamFunction (short‐term) WOMAC scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 105 participantsModerate
Acupuncture vs NSAIDsPain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
Acupuncture vs NSAIDsFunction (short‐term) Harris function score from: 0 to 47 (higher is better function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alonePain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education aloneFunction (short‐term) DRI scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education aloneQuality of life (short‐term) GSI scale from 0 to 10 (higher is worse quality of life). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care aloneQuality of Life: SF‐36 (physical component) · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care aloneQuality of life (mental component) (short‐term) SF‐36 physical component scale from 0 to 100 (higher is better quality of life). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care alonePain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care aloneFunction (short‐term) WOMAC scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis1 finding from 1 reviewAcupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow