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Trial reportBMJ supportive & palliative care2022

Electroacupuncture for stress-related urinary incontinence in elderly women: data analysis from two randomised controlled studies.

Biyun Sun, Yan Liu, Tongsheng Su, Yuanjie Sun, Zhishun Liu

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT01784172 phase2completednot on this map

The Efficacy and Safety Study of Electro-acupuncture for Simple Female Stress Urinary Incontinence- a Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorGuang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesRan2013 to 2014Enrolled504ConditionsUrinary Stress IncontinenceArmselectroacupuncture group, sham electroacupuncture group
NCT02047032 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Electroacupuncture Versus PFMT Plus Solifenacin for Moderate and Severe Mixed Urinary Incontinence in Female: a Multicenter, Noninferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorGuang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesRan2014 to 2016Enrolled500ConditionsUrinary IncontinenceArmsacupuncture, solifenacin, PFMT
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Biyun Sun *Department of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5884-1238
Yan Liu *Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tongsheng SuShanxi Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xian, Shanxi, China.
Yuanjie SunDepartment of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhishun LiuDepartment of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China zhishunjournal@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-8917
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNShanxi Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in elderly and non-elderly women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence (MUI).

methodsThis study was a secondary analysis of two randomised controlled trials involving 252 women with SUI and 132 women with stress-predominant MUI who were treated with the same EA regimen. Elderly women were defined as those aged >60 years. The main outcome measure was the proportion of patients with ≥50% decrease in the mean 72-hour urinary incontinence episode frequency (IEF) from baseline to week 6. Overall, 1004 women were recruited in the SUI and MUI trials. In the EA group, those with urge-predominant or balanced MUI at baseline were excluded from the current study, resulting in a sample size of 384.

resultsOut of 384 patients with SUI or stress-predominant MUI who were treated with EA, 371 completed the study. After 6-week treatment, the proportion of women who achieved ≥50% decrease in mean 72-hour IEF from baseline was 57.3% (51/89) in the elderly group and 60.70% (173/285) in the non-elderly group; the between-group difference was not significant (3.11%, 95% CI -9.83% to 16.05%; p

conclusionEA may be an effective and safe alternative treatment for SUI or stress-predominant MUI in both elderly and non-elderly women. Age may not affect the treatment outcomes of acupuncture. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMER: NCT01784172, NCT02047032.

Indexed as

ElectroacupunctureUrinary IncontinenceUrinary Incontinence, StressAgedData AnalysisFemaleHumansMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment Outcomeagedelectroacupuncturefemale urogenital diseasesstressurinary incontinence

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PMCPMC9120373
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