Yulun Wu , Kun Zhao , Wanshun Wen, Keying Zhu, Fei’ao Lu, Yurou Kong, Xiangming Ye , Hui Wang
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Abstract
Background
Despite being widely applied in clinical practice, the wake-promoting effect of acupuncture in poststroke coma patients remains controversial.
Objective
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of poststroke coma.
Methods
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture for treating poststroke coma were identified in PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, CNKI, WanFang and VIP up to 25 November 2023. The main outcomes were Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, awakening ratio and clinically effective ratio. Stata 17 and Review Manager 5.4 software were used for mate analysis.
Results
A total of 34 RCTs involving 2757 patients were included. GCS (WMD = 1.78; 95% CI: 1.35 to 2.21) and NIHSS score (WMD = −2.84; 95% CI: −3.84 to −1.84) were significantly increased in acupuncture group compared with control group. Acupuncture combined with routine treatment may be better than routine treatment in improving the awakening ratio (RR= 1.65; 95% CI: 1.24 to 2.91) and the clinically effective ratio (RR= 1.20; 95% CI: 1.13 to 1.27). Some methodological flaws were identified in the included studies, including non-implementation of blinding, inappropriate disease assessment and heterogeneous interventions.
Conclusions
The existing evidence suggests that acupuncture combined with conventional treatment may be an effective treatment for poststroke coma patients. In the meantime, more high-quality RCTs are needed to demonstrate these findings due to methodological weaknesses like randomization, blinding, heterogeneous interventions and long-term follow-up.
期刊介绍：
Complementary Therapies in Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed journal that has considerable appeal to anyone who seeks objective and critical information on complementary therapies or who wishes to deepen their understanding of these approaches. It will be of particular interest to healthcare practitioners including family practitioners, complementary therapists, nurses, and physiotherapists; to academics including social scientists and CAM researchers; to healthcare managers; and to patients. Complementary Therapies in Medicine aims to publish valid, relevant and rigorous research and serious discussion articles with the main purpose of improving healthcare.
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