Trial reportWorld journal of urology2019
Electroacupuncture for postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in World journal of urology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of nonimplantable electrical stimulation in women with urinary incontinence: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of pelvic floor physiotherapy intervention for stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women: systematic review.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Pooled it
- Acupuncture for treating overactive bladder in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
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- The effects of combination therapy with electroacupuncture and pelvic floor muscle exercise on stress urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy: the protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Research trends of acupuncture therapy on stress urinary incontinence from 1992 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis.Heliyon · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeThe efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture was compared to those of sham electroacupuncture for the treatment of postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
methodsThis study was a secondary analysis of a multicenter, randomized controlled trial that recruited 504 women with SUI and randomized 349 postmenopausal women to receive 18 treatment sessions of electroacupuncture or sham electroacupuncture over 6 weeks, with a 24-week follow-up assessment. Treatment response was defined as a 50% or greater reduction in urine leakage, as measured by a 1-h pad test at week 6.
resultsOf the 349 randomized women, 332 completed the study. The response rate was 61.0% in the electroacupuncture group compared to 18.9% in the sham electroacupuncture group (difference 42.5%; 95% confidence interval, 33.3-51.7; p < 0.001). After 6 weeks of treatment, the mean 72-h urinary incontinence episode frequency, proportion of participants with at least a 50% decrease in mean 72-h incontinence episode frequency, participant-reported SUI severity, International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form scores, and participants' self-evaluation of therapeutic effects improved in both groups, with significant between-group differences. Treatment-related adverse events occurred in 2.1% of women during the 6-week treatment.
conclusionElectroacupuncture may effectively and safely relieve urinary incontinence symptoms and improve quality of life in postmenopausal women with SUI.
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