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- Acupuncture vs sham · Overall premenstrual symptoms ‐ Mood at two month
  Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 67 participants
  Low
Direct match · question page
- Acupuncture vs no treatment/wait list/treatment · Severity of depression at the end of treatment
  Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  5 studies · 488 participants
  Low
Direct match · question page
- Acupuncture vs sham · Overall premenstrual symptoms ‐ Physical at two month
  Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 67 participants
  Low
Direct match · question page
- Acupuncture vs sham acupuncture · Presence or absence of urinary urgency
  Acupuncture for treating overactive bladder in adults 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 4.52
  1 study · 25 participants
  Very low
Direct match · question page
- Acupuncture vs no treatment · Overall premenstrual symptoms at end of treatment.
  Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 14 participants
  Very low

Acupuncture vs no treatment/wait list/treatment

Severity of depression at the end of treatment · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
5 studies · 488 participants
Low

Acupuncture vs psychological therapy

Depression (lower scores mean less depression) · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 497 participants
Low

Acupuncture vs control acupuncture

Depression (lower scores mean less depression) · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
14 studies · 841 participants
Low

Acupuncture vs medication

Severity of depression at the end of treatment · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
31 studies · 3127 participants
Very low

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

Interventions for treating hyperemesis gravidarum 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.01 [0.73, 1.4]
1 study · 36 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs placebo

Preterm birth · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum

Acupuncture showed no clear difference in preterm birth less than 37 weeks compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating hyperemesis gravidarum 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.12 [0.01, 2.26]
1 study · 36 participants
Low

Acupuncture vs metoclopramide

Duration of hospital admission (days) · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating hyperemesis gravidarum 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Acupuncture plus medication vs medication

Severity of depression at the end of treatment · clinical diagnosis of depression

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for depression 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
11 studies · 813 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs sham

Overall premenstrual symptoms ‐ Mood at two month · women with PMS

1 finding from 1 review

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

Acupuncture vs sham

Overall premenstrual symptoms ‐ Physical at two month · women with PMS

1 finding from 1 review

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

Acupuncture vs no treatment

Overall premenstrual symptoms at end of treatment. · women with PMS

1 finding from 1 review

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

Acupuncture or acupressure vs placebo

Nausea · women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section

It is very uncertain whether acupressure/acupuncture changes nausea ‐ intraoperative compared with placebo (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.55 [0.41, 0.74]
9 studies · 1221 participants
Very low
Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.46 [0.27, 0.75]
7 studies · 1069 participants
Very low

Acupuncture or acupressure vs placebo

Vomiting ‐ intraoperative · women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section

Acupressure/acupuncture may leads to lower vomiting ‐ intraoperative compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.52 [0.33, 0.8]
9 studies · 1221 participants
Low

Acupuncture or acupressure vs placebo

Vomiting ‐ postoperative · women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section

It is very uncertain whether acupressure/acupuncture changes vomiting ‐ postoperative compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.52 [0.34, 0.79]
7 studies · 1069 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs sham

Presence or absence of urinary urgency · Adults with overactive bladder (OAB)

It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes presence or absence of urinary urgency compared with sham acupuncture (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for treating overactive bladder in adults 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
MD 4.52
1 study · 25 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs medication

Presence or absence of urinary urgency · Adults with overactive bladder (OAB)

It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes presence or absence of urinary urgency compared with medication (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for treating overactive bladder in adults 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
MD 0.4
2 studies · 80 participants
Very low

Acupuncture vs no treatment

Presence or absence of urinary urgency · Adults with overactive bladder (OAB)

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for treating overactive bladder in adults 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Acupuncture vs medical treatment

Depression and anxiety ‐ not reported · treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Acupuncture vs sham

Depression and anxiety ‐ not reported · participants with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Acupuncture vs STANDARD DOSE ANTIPSYCHOTICS

Global state: not improved ‐ short‐term GAF · patients with schizophrenia

It is very uncertain whether ACUPUNCTURE changes global state: Not improved (talk, behaviour and expression still… compared with STANDARD DOSE ANTIPSYCHOTICS (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for schizophrenia 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.33 [0.19, 0.59]
2 studies · 240 participants
Very low