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Acupuncture vs usual care

Physical quality of life · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 731 participants
Moderate

Acupuncture vs usual care

QoL: mental health SF‐12 (0 to 100; 0 = poor QoL, 100 = high QoL) · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 731 participants
Moderate

Acupuncture vs sham

QoL · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 1068 participants
Low

Acupuncture vs control acupuncture

Physical quality of life · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 150 participants
Moderate

Acupuncture vs control acupuncture

Quality of life (emotional) · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 167 participants
Moderate

Acupuncture vs sham

Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 105 participants
Moderate

Acupuncture vs sham

Function (short‐term) WOMAC scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 105 participants
Moderate

Acupuncture vs NSAIDs

Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 60 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs NSAIDs

Function (short‐term) Harris function score from: 0 to 47 (higher is better function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 60 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs STANDARD DOSE ANTIPSYCHOTICS

Mental state: psychopathology Total endpoint data, BPRS (higher score = worse, scale from: 0‐126) · patients with schizophrenia

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for schizophrenia 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 32 participants
Very low

Acupuncture plus medication vs medication

Physical quality of life · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 127 participants
Very low

Acupuncture plus medication vs medication

Quality of life (emotional) · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 219 participants
Very low

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

Acupuncture for epilepsy 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 22 participants
Low

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

Acupuncture for epilepsy 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 100 participants
Low

Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alone

Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 25 participants
GRADE not reported

Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alone

Function (short‐term) DRI scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 25 participants
GRADE not reported

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

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 25 participants
GRADE not reported

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

Acupuncture for epilepsy 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 90 participants
Low

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

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 137 participants
Low

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

Acupuncture for hip osteoarthritis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 137 participants
Low