Intervention not reported
Quality of life (SF‐36 mental score) short term · patients with chronic neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 3451 participantsGRADE not reported
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
701 questions · 723 findings · 51 reviews
No studies found 272 · 37.6%GRADE not reported 31 · 4.3%Very low 155 · 21.4%Low 198 · 27.4%Moderate 61 · 8.4%High 6 · 0.8%
Intervention not reported
Disability (NPQ) short term · patients with chronic mechanical neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 290 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Disability (NDI) short term · patients with chronic mechanical neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 173 participantsGRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Quality of life (SF‐36) short term · patients with chronic mechanical neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 178 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Pain intensity (VAS) short term · patients with chronic neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted5 studies · 404 participantsModerate
Intervention not reported
Pain pressure threshold short term · patients with chronic neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 132 participantsGRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Disability (NDI) short term Function (NPQ) short term · patients with chronic neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 118 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Quality of life (SF‐36, Functional Component) short term · patients with chronic neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 143 participantsGRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Pain intensity (VAS) short term · patients with chronic neck pain (pain for more than 90 days)
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 30 participantsModerate
Intervention not reported
Adverse effects: Acupressure versus placebo , no treatment or active controls · women with primary dysmenorrhoea
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Intervention not reported
Pain: Acupressure versus sham or placebo control · women with primary dysmenorrhoea
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted5 studies · 538 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Pain: Acupressure versus NSAIDs · women with primary dysmenorrhoea
It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes pain: Acupressure versus NSAIDs (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- MD 0.391 study · 136 participantsVery low
Intervention not reported
Pain score: Acupressure versus no treatment · women with primary dysmenorrhoea
It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes pain score: Acupressure versus no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- MD 0.962 studies · 140 participantsVery low
Acupressure vs usual care
Pain1 Not measured · men and women with end‐stage kidney disease
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- Acupuncture and related interventions for symptoms of chronic kidney disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Acupressure vs usual care
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); higher score means more depression · men and women with end‐stage kidney disease
1 finding from 1 review
- Acupuncture and related interventions for symptoms of chronic kidney disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 128 participantsVery low
Acupressure vs usual care
Quality of sleep · men and women with end‐stage kidney disease
1 finding from 1 review
- Acupuncture and related interventions for symptoms of chronic kidney disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted4 studies · 180 participantsVery low
Acupressure vs usual care
Fatigue · men and women with end‐stage kidney disease
1 finding from 1 review
- Acupuncture and related interventions for symptoms of chronic kidney disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 128 participantsVery low
Acupoint PC6 stimulation vs sham
Nausea · People at risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting
Acupoint PC6 stimulation may leads to lower nausea ‐ All trials compared with sham (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.68 [0.6, 0.77]40 studies · 4742 participantsLow
Acupoint PC6 stimulation and antiemetic combination vs antiemetics
Vomiting · People at risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting
It is very uncertain whether acupoint PC6 stimulation and antiemetic combination changes vomiting compared with antiemetic (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.56 [0.35, 0.91]9 studies · 687 participantsVery low
Acupoint PC6 stimulation and antiemetic combination vs antiemetics
Rescue antiemetic · People at risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting
Acupoint PC6 stimulation and antiemetic combination may leads to lower rescue antiemetic compared with antiemetic (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.61 [0.44, 0.86]5 studies · 419 participantsLow