Effects of Acupuncture Combined with Rehabilitation on Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Females: A Meta-Analysis Running Head—Acupuncture Combined with Rehabilitation on Chronic Pelvic Pain
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the included studies.
Study
Year
Sample time
Cases treat/Con
Age (years)
Time of disease (years)
Study design
Outcome measures
Treat group
Con group
Treat group
Con group
He Langchi
2016
2012.02–2014.08
29/29
33.0 ± 1.2
32.1 ± 1.3
3.2 ± 0.1
3.4 ± 0.1
RCT
①②③④⑤
Chen Li
2017
2013.09–2016.12
43/43
33.5 ± 6.3
32.4 ± 5.7
2.4 ± 0.6
2.2 ± 0.5
RCT
①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨
Ye Minglong
2019
2017.08–2018.12
43/43
45.2 ± 7.0
44.3 ± 6.4
NR
NR
RCT
⑥⑦
Huang Jin
2019
2017.01–2018.09
42/41
31.8 ± 6.9
31.4 ± 7.0
2.2 ± 0.6
2.1 ± 0.6
RCT
①②③④⑤
Li Caiqiong
2019
2015.08–2018.12
86/86
33.5 ± 6.3
32.4 ± 5.7
2.4 ± 0.6
2.3 ± 0.5
RCT
①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨
Yang Haifeng
2016
2012.11–2016.12
40/40
32.1 ± 5.4
32.1 ± 6.0
3.2 ± 0.8
3.5 ± 0.9
RCT
①②③④⑤
Wang Lu
2016
2014.03–2015.12
60/60
30.4 ± 3.1
29.5 ± 2.1
NR
NR
RCT
①⑧⑨
Li Xing
2017
2018.05–2019.12
25/25
35.2 ± 1.2
35.1 ± 1.3
2.0 ± 0.3
2.4 ± 0.3
RCT
①②③④⑤⑥⑦
Li Feng
2021
2019.10–2020.12
15/15
37.5 ± 3.3
37.2 ± 3.2
NR
NR
RCT
①②③④⑤⑥⑦
Yang Yuhuan
2020
2018.02–2019.12
40/40
32.5 ± 5.8
35.4 ± 5.7
NR
NR
RCT
①
Cui Li
2016
2015.03–2016.05
19/19
40–61
41–62
5.2 ± 0.8
5.3 ± 0.7
RCT
①⑧⑨
Hou Xingming
2017
2014.03–2016.03
36/36
32 ± 1.8
31 ± 1.3
4 ± 0.3
3 ± 0.8
RCT
①②③④⑤
Zhang Wen
2020
2018.11–2019.11
43/43
44.7 ± 3.9
44.5 ± 3.7
3.5 ± 0.8
3.2 ± 0.6
RCT
①②③④⑤
Wang Xiaoyan
2019
2017.01–2018.12
50/48
54.1 ± 6.1
53.3 ± 5.8
3.2 ± 0.9
3.9 ± 0.1
RCT
①⑧⑨
Note. Treat: treatment (acupuncture combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation therapy); Con: control (acupuncture or pelvic floor rehabilitation therapy); RCT: randomized controlled trial; NR: not reported; ① effective rate; ② incidence of adverse effects rate; ③ incidence of bladder prolapse after treatment; ④ incidence of cervical prolapse after treatment; ⑤ iIncidence of pelvic peritoneal hernia after treatment; ⑥ pain score before treatment; ⑦ pPain score after treatment; ⑧ pelvic floor function before treatment; ⑨ pelvic floor function after treatment.
