Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Stroke

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Death or institutional care by the end of · people with acute stroke

Acupuncture may leads to lower death or institutional care at end of compared with sham control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for acute stroke 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.47 [0.23, 0.96]
2 studies · 145 participants
Low

Death or institutional care by the end of · people with acute stroke

Acupuncture showed no clear difference in death or institutional care at end of compared with all control (sham and open) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for acute stroke 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.78 [0.54, 1.12]
5 studies · 1120 participants
Low