Review Article

Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Primary Dysmenorrhea: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Table 1

Search strategy (PubMed).

OrderStrategy

#1Search “dysmenorrhea”[Mesh]
#2Search (((primary dysmenorrhea[Title/Abstract]) OR PD[Title/Abstract]) OR dysmenorrhea[Title/Abstract])
#3#1 OR #2
#4Search “Acupuncture”[Mesh] OR “Acupuncture Therapy”[Mesh] OR “Acupuncture, Ear”[Mesh] OR “Acupuncture Points”[Mesh] OR “Acupuncture Analgesia”[Mesh] OR “moxibustion”[Mesh]
#5Search (((((Acupuncture[Title/Abstract]) OR Acupuncture Therapy[Title/Abstract]) OR Acupuncture, Ear[Title/Abstract]) OR Acupuncture Points[Title/Abstract]) OR acupoint[Title/Abstract]) OR electropuncture[Title/Abstract] OR “moxibustion”[Title/Abstract])
#6#4 OR #5
#7Search “Systematic Reviews as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Systematic Review”[Publication Type]
#8Search (((((Systematic Reviews[Title/Abstract]) OR Systematic Review[Title/Abstract]) OR SR[Title/Abstract]) OR SRs[Title/Abstract]) OR Review[Title/Abstract])
#9Search (systematic[Title/Abstract]) AND review[Title/Abstract]
#10Search “Meta-Analysis”[Publication Type] OR “Meta-Analysis as Topic”[Mesh]
#11Search ((Meta-Analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR meta-analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR meta‐analy[Title/Abstract]
#12#7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11
#13#3 AND #6 AND #12