Research Article
Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture for Insomnia: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
Table 4
Evidences quality of SRs/MAs.
| | Reviews | Interventions | Outcomes | Limitations | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication bias | Quality |
| | Li et al. [9] | AA versus CM | PSQI score | −1 | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | L | | Effective rate | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | CL | | Yang et al. [10] | AA versus CM | Effective rate | −1 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L | | Tan et al. [11] | AA versus placebo | PSQI score | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M | | Sleep onset latency | −1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | Number of awakenings | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | Lan et al. [12] | AA versus placebo | Sleep time | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | L | | Sleep efficiency | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | PSQI score | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M | | Number of awakenings | −1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | Sleep onset latency | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | AA versus CM | Effective rate | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M | | Adverse effects | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M | | Yeung et al. [13] | AA versus placebo | PSQI score | −1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | Lee et al. [14] | AA versus placebo | Sleep efficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H | | Chen et al. [15] | AA versus CM | Sleep efficiency | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL | | Sleep time | −1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | −1 | CL |
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−1: downgrade; 0: not downgrade; CL: critically low; L: low; M: moderate; H: high; AA: auricular acupuncture; CM: conventional medication; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
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