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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

107 questions · 120 findings · 18 reviews

No studies found 38 · 31.7%GRADE not reported 2 · 1.7%Very low 30 · 25%Low 41 · 34.2%Moderate 8 · 6.7%High 1 · 0.8%

Acupuncture vs sham

Prostatitis symptoms · participants with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
2 findings from 1 review

Acupuncture vs medical treatment

Prostatitis symptoms: response defined as a 6‐point decrease in NIH‐CPSI score · treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Acupuncture may leads to higher prostatitis symptoms: response defined as a 6‐point decrease in… compared with medical treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture vs sham control

Taste discrimination improvement · Patients with idiopathic dysgeusia and hypogeusia

It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes taste discrimination improvement compared with sham control (deactivated laser sham acupuncture) (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Acupuncture vs sham control

Health‐related quality of life · Patients with idiopathic dysgeusia and hypogeusia
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for managing taste disturbances 2017 · Cochrane All outcomes
    Results (health-related quality of life): Brandt 2008 assessed HRQoL in dysgeusia patients and reported significant improvement in psychological symptoms in the acupuncture group and increased quality of life in both…
    1 study
    GRADE not reported

Acupuncture vs sham control

Adverse events · Patients with idiopathic dysgeusia and hypogeusia

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture vs placebo

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