TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture and or Moxibustion for Managing Primary Dysmenorrhea
T2 - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
AU - Liu, Weiting
AU - Wang, Carol Chunfeng
AU - Lee, Khui Hung
AU - Ma, Xiaopeng
AU - Kang, Timothy Leen
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the project on Edith Cowan University and Industry Collaboration Scholarship (G1004906).
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PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Acupuncture and moxibustion have been accepted as add-on options for primary dysmenorrhea (PD); however, the clinical evidence is still inadequate. We searched AMED, CENTRAL, EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, VIP, Wangfang database, ANZCTR, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the WHO ICTRP, from their inception to February 2021. The pooled analysis of 13 RCTs with 675 participants for VAS showed that acupuncture and moxibustion were more effective in managing PD than the control group with the MD of −1.93 (95% CI [−2.80, −1.06] and −2.67 (95% CI [−4.96, −0.38]). With the CMSS, seven studies with 487 participants showed that these modalities were more effective than the control group with the MD of −7.58 (95% CI [−10.97, −4.19]) and −3.78 (95% CI [−6.90, −0.66]). The findings indicated that acupuncture and moxibustion could relieve pain effectively and has fewer adverse events (AEs) in managing PD.
AB - Acupuncture and moxibustion have been accepted as add-on options for primary dysmenorrhea (PD); however, the clinical evidence is still inadequate. We searched AMED, CENTRAL, EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, VIP, Wangfang database, ANZCTR, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the WHO ICTRP, from their inception to February 2021. The pooled analysis of 13 RCTs with 675 participants for VAS showed that acupuncture and moxibustion were more effective in managing PD than the control group with the MD of −1.93 (95% CI [−2.80, −1.06] and −2.67 (95% CI [−4.96, −0.38]). With the CMSS, seven studies with 487 participants showed that these modalities were more effective than the control group with the MD of −7.58 (95% CI [−10.97, −4.19]) and −3.78 (95% CI [−6.90, −0.66]). The findings indicated that acupuncture and moxibustion could relieve pain effectively and has fewer adverse events (AEs) in managing PD.
KW - acupuncture
KW - moxibustion
KW - nursing
KW - primary dysmenorrhea
KW - review
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U2 - 10.1177/10547738221086984
DO - 10.1177/10547738221086984
M3 - Article
C2 - 35499150
SN - 1054-7738
VL - 31
SP - 1362
EP - 1375
JO - Clinical Nursing Research
JF - Clinical Nursing Research
IS - 7
ER -