ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Acupuncture for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical outcomes associated with Korean medicine home-visit care for patients with cognitive impairment: a multi-center retrospective observational study.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Subcutaneous application ofFrontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Perception and Identification of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in China Medical Community.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- Effect of acupuncture on the gait disturbance and hemodynamic changes in the prefrontal cortex: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Home-based tDCS for apathy in Alzheimer's disease: a protocol for a randomized double-blinded controlled pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Acupuncture Therapy on Dementia: Explained with an Integrated Analysis on Therapeutic Targets and Associated Mechanisms.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dementia is an important health issue worldwide, and non-pharmacological strategies for the management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are considered to be important. This review analyzes the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for BPSD. Thirteen electronic databases were comprehensively searched to find clinical studies using acupuncture on BPSD, published up to December 2020. Five randomized controlled clinical trials and two before-after studies, mainly on Alzheimer's disease (AD), were included. Meta-analysis suggested that the total effective rate based on BPSD symptoms in the acupuncture combined with psychotropic drugs group was significantly higher than that in the psychotropic drugs group (risk ratio, 1.27; 95% confidence interval, 1.11 to 1.45; I
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