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| Systematic review and Meta analysis of acupuncture for the treatment of neuropathic tinnitus |
| Hits 1811 Download times 1224 Received:February 25, 2018 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1673-9043.2018.04.11 |
| Key Words
acupuncture;neuropathic tinnitus;randomized controlled trials;systematic evaluation;Meta analysis |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | SONG Hualong | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
The First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | | WANG Jingui | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
The First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | wjg65tj@163.com |
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| [Objective] To perform systematic reviews and Meta-analysis for the superiority of acupuncture compared to drug therapy for the treatment of neuropathic tinnitus.[Methods] To search the related databases to collect the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture treatment of neurological rhinitis, select the eligible literatures according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, perform articles quality analysis with the method recommended by Cochrane Systematic Review Manual Version 5.0, and make Meta-analysis with RevMan5.3 and bias analysis with funnel plots.[Results] As for the 7 articles which used the number of subjects as the count units, there were respectively 330 and 284 subjects in the treatment and control group with a combined effect of RR=0.17, 95% CI (0.11, 0.25), Z=5.43, P<0.000 01, which suggested that total efficiency of acupuncture treatment was superior to that of conventional drug for the treatment of neuropathic tinnitus and the difference was statistically significant.As for the 2 articles which used the number of ill ears as the count units, there were respectively 280 and 280 subjects in the treatment and control group with a combined effect of RR=1.39,95%CI(0.93, 2.08), Z=1.62,P=0.11, which suggested that total efficiency of acupuncture treatment was superior to that of conventional drug for the treatment of neuropathic tinnitus but the difference was not statistically significant. According to the search, the data in these two articles were likely to overlap.[Conclusion] For the treatment of neuropathic tinnitus, total efficiency of acupuncture treatment was superior to that of conventional drug for the treatment of neuropathic tinnitus and the difference was statistically significant. However, this result remains to be further demonstrated due to the quality of the literature. |
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