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Acupuncture Treatment for Emotional Problems in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating emotional problems in women with infertility. We searched for randomized controlled trials using acupuncture treatment for emotional problems in women with infertility using 11 databases fro...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Su-In, Yoon, Young-Jin, Sung, Soo-Hyun, Cho, Su-Jin, Park, Jang-Kyung
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893778
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202704
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author Hwang, Su-In
Yoon, Young-Jin
Sung, Soo-Hyun
Cho, Su-Jin
Park, Jang-Kyung
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Yoon, Young-Jin
Sung, Soo-Hyun
Cho, Su-Jin
Park, Jang-Kyung
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description This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating emotional problems in women with infertility. We searched for randomized controlled trials using acupuncture treatment for emotional problems in women with infertility using 11 databases from their inception to 30 June 2023. The control intervention included no treatment, sham acupuncture treatment, and conventional treatment. The primary outcome was emotion-related rating scales, and the secondary outcomes were total effectiveness rate, quality of life, clinical pregnancy rate, and adverse events. Twelve randomized controlled trials involving 1930 participants were included. A meta-analysis of these studies indicated that, as compared to the control treatment, acupuncture significantly improved the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, Self-rating Anxiety Scale, Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale, and Self-rating Depression Scale scores, which were the primary emotion-related outcomes. Furthermore, the meta-analysis demonstrated that acupuncture treatment had a significant effect on the clinical pregnancy rate, which was the secondary outcome. No adverse events were reported in any of the studies. Our findings demonstrate the potential of acupuncture for treating emotional problems in women with infertility. However, well-designed and high-quality randomized clinical trials are required to confirm the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture treatment. The protocol of the current study was registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42020166119).
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spelling pubmed-106067582023-10-28 Acupuncture Treatment for Emotional Problems in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Hwang, Su-In Yoon, Young-Jin Sung, Soo-Hyun Cho, Su-Jin Park, Jang-Kyung Healthcare (Basel) Systematic Review This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating emotional problems in women with infertility. We searched for randomized controlled trials using acupuncture treatment for emotional problems in women with infertility using 11 databases from their inception to 30 June 2023. The control intervention included no treatment, sham acupuncture treatment, and conventional treatment. The primary outcome was emotion-related rating scales, and the secondary outcomes were total effectiveness rate, quality of life, clinical pregnancy rate, and adverse events. Twelve randomized controlled trials involving 1930 participants were included. A meta-analysis of these studies indicated that, as compared to the control treatment, acupuncture significantly improved the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, Self-rating Anxiety Scale, Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale, and Self-rating Depression Scale scores, which were the primary emotion-related outcomes. Furthermore, the meta-analysis demonstrated that acupuncture treatment had a significant effect on the clinical pregnancy rate, which was the secondary outcome. No adverse events were reported in any of the studies. Our findings demonstrate the potential of acupuncture for treating emotional problems in women with infertility. However, well-designed and high-quality randomized clinical trials are required to confirm the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture treatment. The protocol of the current study was registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42020166119). MDPI 2023-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10606758/ /pubmed/37893778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202704 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Acupuncture Treatment for Emotional Problems in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title Acupuncture Treatment for Emotional Problems in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_full Acupuncture Treatment for Emotional Problems in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_short Acupuncture Treatment for Emotional Problems in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_sort acupuncture treatment for emotional problems in women with infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893778
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202704
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