Review Article
An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture Treating Migraine
Table 4
MAs outcomes about VAS score.
| Study ID | Outcome | Acute or preventive treatment | Intervention | Control | Follow-up time | RCTs (n) | I2 | Model | MD | 95% CI | value |
| Cui et al. [18] | VAS score | ND | Acupuncture with or without electrical stimulation | ① or ② | Immediate-term (ND) | 5 (667) | 87% | REM | −0.32 | [−1.04, 0.41] | <0.0001 | Acupuncture | Short-term (ND) | 7 (447) | 66% | REM | −1.24 | [−1.84, −0.64] | <0.0001 | Long-term (ND) | 5 (318) | 95% | REM | −1.77 | [−2.76, −0.78] | 0.0005 |
| Pu et al. [25] | VAS score | Acute treatment | Acupuncture | ① | 2 h | 4 (699) | 67% | REM | −0.38 | [−0.83, 0.07] | 0.10 | 4 h | 4 (699) | 70% | REM | −0.42 | [−0.96, 0.12] | 0.12 | VAS score reduction | 2 h | 3 (579) | 0% | FEM | 0.36 | [0.08, 0.65] | 0.01 | 4 h | 3 (579) | 0% | FEM | 0.49 | [0.14, 0.84] | 0.01 |
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ND: not defined; ①: sham acupuncture; ②: drug treatment. |