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Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of the Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Allergic Rhinitis
Author(s): QU Shu-han, LIU Yun-xia
Pages: 900-
906,948
Year: 2016
Issue:
7
Journal: World Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Keyword: Allergic Rhinitis; Acupuncture; Randomized Controlled Trial; Systematic Review;
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for allergic rhinitis(AR) with the systematic review of evidence - based medicine. Methods The database of CNKI,VIP,Wanfang, Pubmed and Cochrane Library were retrieved. The relevant and unpublished conference paper and academic dissertation were traced. Additionally,the references of retrieved literatures and the reviews of paper were supplemented. The deadline time of retrieval was November 2015. The randomized controlled trials(RCTs)of AR were collected in terms of the treatments with simple acupuncture or combined therapy of acupuncture and relevant adjuvant treatment/ control positive medication(or sham - acupuncture/ blank control/ placebo). RevMan5. 2 was used for the combination of the literatures with low clinical heterogeneity for the Meta - anal-ysis. Otherwise,the qualitative analysis was followed. Results The effective rate in the simple acupuncture group was apparently higher than that in the western medicine group,that in the combined group of acupunc-ture and electroacupuncture was apparently higher than that in the western medicine group,and that in the simple acupuncture group was apparently higher than that in the sham - acupuncture group. The results of quantitative analysis showed:for the improvement of the effective rate of AR symptoms treated with basic ther-apy of acupuncture(or combined with other adjuvant treatment),the results were better than or equal to those in the control group. Limitation:due to the language issue,the literatures of Chinese and English version were included,which possibly induced selection bias. The results for the positive results were easily published, which could induce the potential publication bias of the included literatures. Conclusion Acupuncture or the adjuvant therapy with electric stimulation combined has a certain efficacy on the symptoms of AR and dis-plays the long - term efficacy. The safety of acupuncture has not been evaluated definitely at present yet.
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