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Trial reportChinese journal of integrative medicine2011

Clinical evaluation of Soothing Gan and invigorating Pi acupuncture treatment on diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

Jian-hua Sun, Xiao-liang Wu, Chen Xia, Lu-zhou Xu, Li-xia Pei, Hao Li, Guang-Yan Han

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Acupuncture for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012
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  20. Acupuncture-Analgesia-Mediated Alleviation of Central Sensitization.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian-hua SunDepartment of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. drjhsun@sina.com
Xiao-liang Wu
Chen Xia
Lu-zhou Xu
Li-xia Pei
Hao Li
Guang-Yan Han
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNNanjing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore the effect of Soothing Gan and invigorating Pi (SGIP) acupuncture treatment on the clinical symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).

methodsWith a single-blinded randomized control study adopted, 63 patients who met the inclusion criteria were assigned by a random number table to two groups, 31 in the treatment group and 32 in the drug control group. The treatment group received SGIP acupuncture therapy; while the control group was treated orally with pinaverium bromide. The treatment duration of both groups was 28 days. The clinical efficacy was evaluated and compared by scoring patient's symptom and QOL.

resultsA significant difference was found by variance analysis in efficacies between the two groups (P<0.01), shown as the quicker initiation of effect (P<0.05) and the more evident clinical improvement in symptoms along the increase in treatment duration, as well as the more significant elevation of QOL in the acupuncture treatment group (P<0.01). SGIP displayed its superiority especially in improving dysphoria, conflict behavior, dietary restrictions, and social responses.

conclusionSGIP acupuncture treatment could effectively alleviate the degree and frequency of symptoms' attack in IBS-D patients, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal distension, etc., markedly relieve the tenesmic sensation, with the efficacy better than that of pinaverium bromide, showing a preponderance in improving patient's QOL.

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Acupuncture TherapyAdolescentAdultDiarrheaFemaleHumansIrritable Bowel SyndromeMaleMiddle AgedPatient DropoutsQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeYoung Adult

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PMID22101701
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