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dc.contributor.authorKim, Tae-Hun
dc.contributor.authorLee, Myeong Soo
dc.contributor.authorAlræk, Terje
dc.contributor.authorBirch, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-15T07:36:10Z
dc.date.available2022-07-15T07:36:10Z
dc.date.created2019-10-08T10:29:45Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationAcupuncture in Medicine. 2019, 38(1), 37-44.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0964-5284
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3005657
dc.description.abstractBackground: Randomised controlled trials of acupuncture performed using sham interventions to control for the placebo effect have mostly used two types of sham techniques: techniques with minimal insertion of acupuncture needles with no additional stimulation (shallow needling control) and techniques with sham acupuncture devices that do not penetrate the skin (sham device control). To achieve successful blinding, sham device controlled acupuncture trials also use the acupuncture base unit in the verum acupuncture group, but in the shallow needling control trials this is not necessary for the verum acupuncture treatment. Objective: In this study, we analysed the estimated comparative effectiveness of these two verum acupuncture modalities in studies of acupuncture for menopausal hot flashes that used two types of sham control treatments. Methods: We conducted a network meta-analysis that included randomised controlled trials of acupuncture for hot flashes. Electronic databases, including Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and AMED, were searched through March 2017. Data were extracted using a predefined data extraction tool by two independent reviewers. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomised controlled trials. A five-node network meta-analysis was conducted based on the frequentist framework. Results: Eight studies were included in this review. From the network meta-analysis, we found that verum acupuncture in the shallow needling controlled trials was more effective than verum acupuncture in the sham device controlled trials (SMD −7.27, 95% CI−9.11 to −5.43). Significant heterogeneity and inconsistency were not observed among the included studies or the comparisons. Conclusions: From this preliminary analysis, we found that different types of verum acupuncture may have different effect sizes with respect to the severity of menopausal hot flashes.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAcupuncture in sham device controlled trials may not be as effective as acupuncture in the real world: a preliminary network meta-analysis of studies of acupuncture for hot flashes in menopausal womenen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber37-44.en_US
dc.source.volume38en_US
dc.source.journalAcupuncture in Medicineen_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/acupmed-2018-011671
dc.identifier.cristin1734805
dc.relation.projectKorea Institute of Oriental Medicine: K17292en_US
dc.relation.projectKorea Institute of Oriental Medicine: K18122en_US
dc.relation.projectKyung Hee Universityen_US
dc.source.articlenumber31517500en_US
cristin.unitcode1615,40,10,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for helsevitenskap
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