acupuncture: Meta-analysis: 29 randomized controlled studies (RCT)...

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Meta-analysis: 29 randomized controlled studies (RCT) assessing the efficacy of acupuncture treatments as complementary treatment in depression patients

Description

Meta-analysis of 29 studies on the effect of different methods of acupuncture Therapy for depression compared to usual care control groups by pooling data from RCTs.

Format

A dataframe with 29 rows and 11 columns. Each row represents study results, the columns are:

author_year

Author and year.

hedges_g

changes in severity between intervention and control groups calculated using Hedges´g statistic

std_err

Standard Error of Hedges´g

intervention

treatment administered

comparison

control group treatment

country

origin country of the study

sample_size

total amount of patients per study

number_treatments

number of treatments received per study

variation_acupuncture_points

fixed: same acupuncture points used at each session; semi-fixed: some points pre-defined, some selected on the basis of the diagnosis/symptoms (location and amount); individualised: location and amount of points selected on basis of the diagnosis/symptoms

number_acupuncture_points

amount of acupuncture points for fixed-points-studies

NICMAN

NICMAN scale Points to evaluate the Quality of the administered acupuncture

random_sequence_generation

Risk of selection bias (Random sequence generation) low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

allocation_concealment

Risk of selection bias (allocation concealment) low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

blinding_participants_personnel

Risk of performance bias (blinding of participants and personnel) low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

blinding_outcome_assessment

Risk of detection bias (blinding oft outcome assessment) low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

incomplete_outcome_data

Risk of attrition bias (incomplete outcome data) low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

selective_reporting

Risk of reporting bias (selective reporting) low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

other_bias

Risk of other biases; low risk of bias: high, high risk: low, unclear: unclear

Source

Armour M, Smith CA, Wang LQ, Naidoo D, Yang GY, MacPherson H, Lee MS, Hay P. Acupuncture for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med. 2019 Jul 31;8(8):1140. doi: 10.3390/jcm8081140. PMID: 31370200; PMCID: PMC6722678.

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