Trial reportBMC complementary medicine and therapies2021
Factors associated with a clinically relevant reduction in menopausal symptoms of a standardized acupuncture approach for women with bothersome menopausal symptoms.
Trial report in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02746497 (The Efficacy of ACupuncture On Menopausal Symptoms), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Efficacy of ACupuncture On Menopausal Symptoms (ACOM): A Randomized Controlled Trial
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Complementary and alternative therapies in the management of menopausal symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Pooled it
- Management of vasomotor symptoms in cancer patients.The oncologist · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about factors associated with a clinically relevant reduction in menopausal symptoms through a brief acupuncture approach for women with moderate-to-severe menopausal symptoms.
methodsPost hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial where participants were allocated to early versus late standardized acupuncture. Both the early group and the late group are included in this study. The late group got an identical intervention parallel staged by 6 weeks. By means of the relative importance, the effect was evaluated for both early versus late women with a 6-week follow-up. We included four symptom subscales from the validated MenoScores Questionnaire: hot flushes, day and night sweats, general sweating, menopausal-specific sleeping problems, as well as an overall score, which is the sum of the four outcomes in the analysis.
results67 women with moderate to severe menopausal symptoms were included of whom 52 (77.6%) experienced a clinically relevant reduction in any of the four surveyed symptom subscales or overall score. 48 (71.6%) women experienced a clinically relevant reduction in any of the vasomotor symptom subscales: hot flushes, day and night sweats, general sweating. Women with vocational education were most likely to experience improvement compared to women with higher education. Beyond education, other factors of some importance for a clinically relevant reduction were no alcohol consumption, two or more births and urinary incontinence.
conclusionsLevel of education was the most consistent factor associated with improvement. Beyond education, other factors of some importance were no alcohol consumption, two or more births and urinary incontinence.
trial registrationThis study was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov at April 21, 2016. The registration number is NCT02746497 .
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