Cochrane · systematic review · CD005111
Acupuncture for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Manheimer, E, Cheng, K, Wieland, LS, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · Cochrane Library
GutAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 2 · 66.7%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome
Population: patients with irritable bowel syndrome
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
symptom severity (continuous outcome) IBS Severity Scoring System (IBS‐SSS) Acupuncture vs sham acupuncture | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 281 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
quality of life (continuous outcome) IBS Quality of Life (IBS‐QOL) Scale6. Scale from: 0 to 100. Acupuncture vs sham acupuncture | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 253 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Acupuncture versus pharmaceutical medications for irritable bowel syndrome
Population: patients with irritable bowel syndrome
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
symptom severity (dichotomous outcome) Dichotomous measure of overall symptom severity1 Acupuncture vs pharmaceutical medications | RR 1.28 [1.12, 1.45] | 5 studies · 449 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |