Meta-analysis of intervention effects of acupoint stimulation on anticipatory chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20191223-04710
- VernacularTitle:穴位刺激在预期性化疗相关恶心呕吐干预效果中的Meta分析
- Author:
Xumei WANG
1
;
Li WANG
;
Xinyi WU
;
Xin GUO
;
Yaguang DING
;
Xiaoli MA
Author Information
1. 国家儿童医学中心 首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院血液肿瘤中心 100045
- Keywords:
Acupoint stimulation;
Nausea;
Vomiting;
Chemotherapy;
Anticipatory;
Meta-analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2020;26(30):4200-4209
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the effect of acupoint stimulation on the prevention of anticipatory chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting by using Cochrane systematic review method.Methods:Wanfang database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) , VIP Chinese Science and Technology Journal Full-text Database, SinoMed, Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMbase, Elsevier, Springer, ClinicalKey for Nursing were searched by computer, which were supplemented by Internet retrieval, and the retrieval time was from set of these databases to November 2019. All randomized controlled trials and semi-randomized controlled trials that explored acupoint stimulation for the prevention of anticipated chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting were collected. The quality was evaluated by reference to Cochrane Handbook 5.1.0, and the data were analyzed with RevMan 5.0 software.Results:A total of 5 papers were included (544 adult tumor inpatients, 269 in the intervention group and 275 in the control group) , of which 2 were randomized controlled trials and 3 were semi-randomized controlled trials. All literatures were grade B in quality. There were 3 kinds of acupoint stimulation involved, which were auricular therapy, acupoint massage and acupoint application. Meta-analysis results showed that only the subgroup analysis of acupoint application (184 patients) showed that the intervention group was superior to the control group in terms of the control effect of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting ( RR=1.12, 95% CI 1.03-1.23, P=0.01) . Other results showed no statistically significant difference between the intervention group and the control group, either in the Meta-analysis of all literatures, or in the subgroup analysis based on different types of nausea and vomiting, different time of occurrence, whether the intervention group combined with antiemetic drugs or auricular therapy intervention ( P>0.05) . In the Meta-analysis of adverse reactions, 3 literatures analyzed the occurrence of adverse reactions, among which 2 literatures did not observe adverse reactions, and 1 literature showed that the incidence of adverse reactions in the intervention group (22%) was lower than that in the control group (52%) . In the Meta-analysis of depression scores, two literatures (260 patients) evaluated depression scores, using random effect model. The results showed that the depressive symptoms score of the intervention group was lower than that of the control group ( MD=-11.72, 95% CI -19.82-3.62, P=0.005) . In the Meta-analysis of quality of life, 2 literatures evaluated the improvement of quality of life. Since the data could not be combined and only descriptive analysis was performed, the results suggested that auricular therapy could improve quality of life of patients. Conclusions:Acupuncture point stimulation is not yet considered to relieve anticipatory chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, but it does not increase the risk of adverse reactions and it can reduce depressive symptoms.
