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A systematic evaluation of randomized controlled trials for acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of insomnia
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Acupuncture is possibly effective for insomnia, however, because of lower methodological quality of all the trials, this conclusion has no enough evidence.Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To assess the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on insomnia. METHODS A systematic evaluation of all relevant randomized controlled trials (RCT) about acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of insomnia was carried out. The data were statistically analyzed with a special software RevMan 4.1. RESULTS Six papers of RCT including 585 patients met the enrolled criteria. All of the trials were of lower in methodological quality without using blind method; Meta-analysis indicated that odds ratio was 3.55, 95% confidence interval [2.50, 5.05], P < 0.0001, as acupuncture group compared with drug group. CONCLUSION Acupuncture is possibly effective for insomnia. However, because of lower methodological quality of all the trials, this conclusion has no enough evidence.read more
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