A Critical Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Acupuncture for Poststroke Insomnia

Table 1

Characteristics of the included reviews.

Studies	Country	Trials (sample size)	Treatment intervention	Control intervention	Quality assessment tool	Overall conclusion
Lee and Lim 2016 [13]	Korea	13 (1051)	AT	CM; sham AT	Cochrane criteria	Acupuncture could be effective for treating PSI. However, further studies are needed to confirm the role of acupuncture in the treatment of this disorder.
Nie et al. 2020 [14]	China	19 (1535)	AT; AT + other therapies	CM	Cochrane criteria	Acupuncture treatment for PSI was effective.
Zhang et al. 2019 [15]	China	34 (2698)	AT	CM	Cochrane criteria	The clinical efficacy of acupuncture for PSI was better than that of western medicine.
Wu 2019 [16]	China	35 (2866)	AT	CM	Cochrane criteria	Acupuncture was effective in the treatment of PSI and had a certain clinical value.
Fu et al. 2018 [17]	China	7 (435)	AT + AA	CM	Cochrane criteria	The effect of acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure in the treatment of PSI was better than that of the control group with no adverse reactions.
Liang [18] 2015	China	20 (1547)	AT; AT + other therapies	CM	Jadad score	The clinical effect of treating PSI with acupuncture was better than that of medicine.

AT: acupuncture therapy; CM: conventional medication; AA: auricular acupressure.