Efficacy and safety of acupuncture and or moxibustion for managing primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

Weiting Liu, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Carol Chunfeng Wang, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Khui Hung Lee, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Xiaopeng Ma
Timothy Leen Kang

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Clinical Nursing Research

Publisher

Sage

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery / School of Science

RAS ID

44377

Funders

Edith Cowan University and Industry Collaboration Scholarship (G1004906)

Comments

Liu, W., Wang, C. C., Lee, K. H., Ma, X., & Kang, T. L. (2022). Efficacy and safety of acupuncture and or moxibustion for managing primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nursing Research, 31(7), 1632-1375.

https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738221086984

Abstract

Acupuncture and moxibustion have been accepted as add-on options for primary dysmenorrhea (PD); however, the clinical evidence is still inadequate. We searched AMED, CENTRAL, EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, VIP, Wangfang database, ANZCTR, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the WHO ICTRP, from their inception to February 2021. The pooled analysis of 13 RCTs with 675 participants for VAS showed that acupuncture and moxibustion were more effective in managing PD than the control group with the MD of −1.93 (95% CI [−2.80, −1.06] and −2.67 (95% CI [−4.96, −0.38]). With the CMSS, seven studies with 487 participants showed that these modalities were more effective than the control group with the MD of −7.58 (95% CI [−10.97, −4.19]) and −3.78 (95% CI [−6.90, −0.66]). The findings indicated that acupuncture and moxibustion could relieve pain effectively and has fewer adverse events (AEs) in managing PD.

DOI

10.1177/10547738221086984

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