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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture for Insomnia: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.

Jinke Huang, Min Shen, Xiaohui Qin, Yong Huang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke: An Umbrella Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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  11. Acupoint Catgut Embedding for Insomnia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinke HuangThe Second Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510120, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5623-0564
Min ShenThe Second Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510120, China.
Xiaohui QinDepartment of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510120, China.
Yong HuangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510515, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2652-8586
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe effectiveness of auricular acupuncture (AA) for insomnia is far from uniform. The aim of this overview was to summarize and critically evaluate the evidence from systematic reviews (SRs)/meta-analysis (MAs) and provide an overall verdict about the therapeutic value of AA for insomnia.

methodsA search of relevant literature for SRs/MAs was performed on major medical databases. The methodological quality was assessed using the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR-2) and the evidence quality was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).

resultsSeven SRs/MAs were deemed eligible for the present overview. According to the evaluation results of AMSTAR-2, the methodological quality of all included SRs/MAs was critically low. Consistent methodological deficiencies were item 2 (the lack of a protocol), item 4 (the lack of a specific search strategy), item 7 (the lack of a list of excluded studies), and item 15 (the lack of an assessment of publication bias). For GRADE, of the 17 outcomes, only 1 (5.9%) was rated of high-quality, 4 (23.5%) were rated of moderate-quality, and the remaining 12 (70.6%) were rated of low-or critically low-quality. Descriptive analysis of the outcomes reveals a positive effect of AA for insomnia.

conclusionsAA may be beneficial for insomnia, but the evidence is plagued by important limitations, e.g., the poor quality of SRs/MAs and primary studies.

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