Acupuncture vs sham
QoL · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 1068 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
12 questions · 12 findings · 4 reviews
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 8.3%Very low 2 · 16.7%Low 6 · 50%Moderate 3 · 25%High 0 · 0%
Acupuncture vs usual care
Physical quality of life · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 731 participantsModerate
Acupuncture vs control acupuncture
Physical quality of life · clinical diagnosis of depression
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 150 participantsModerate
Acupuncture vs control acupuncture
Quality of life (emotional) · clinical diagnosis of depression
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 167 participantsModerate
Acupuncture plus medication vs medication
Physical quality of life · clinical diagnosis of depression
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 127 participantsVery low
Acupuncture plus medication vs medication
Quality of life (emotional) · clinical diagnosis of depression
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 219 participantsVery low
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alone
Quality of life (short‐term) GSI scale from 0 to 10 (higher is worse quality of life). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture vs sham
Quality of life (QOLIE‐89) (1‐ to 3‐month periods) · adults with intractable epilepsy
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsLow
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture vs valproate
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
- no estimate extracted1 study · 100 participantsLow
Summary of findings: needle acupuncture plus valproate vs valproate
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 generalised epilepsy
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 90 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care alone
Quality of life (mental component) (short‐term) SF‐36 physical component scale from 0 to 100 (higher is better quality of life). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no 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 alone
Quality of Life: SF‐36 (physical component) · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow