Re-evaluation of systematic reviews of acupuncture for ulcerative colitis
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20240708-00084
- VernacularTitle:针刺治疗溃疡性结肠炎的系统评价再评价
- Author:
Shuang LIU
1
;
Yan LI
;
Yingying ZHANG
;
Haifa QIAO
Author Information
1. 陕西中医药大学2022级硕士研究生，咸阳 712046
- Keywords:
Colitis, ulcerative;
Acupuncture;
Re-evaluation of systematic review;
Systematic review;
Meta-analysis
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;47(5):687-691
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To re-evaluate the systematic review/meta-analysis of acupuncture therapy for ulcerative colitis.Methods:The systematic review/meta-analysis literature about acupuncture treatment of ulcerative colitis was retrieved from CNKI, Wanfang Data, Chongqing VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, the Cochrane Library and Embase from the establishment of the databases to July 7, 2024. The PRISMA checklist was used to evaluate the quality of the report, the AMSTAR 2 scale was used to evaluate the methodological quality, and the GRADE evaluation system was used to evaluate the quality of evidence of the outcome indicators.Results:A total of 6 articles were included, including 5 Chinese articles and 1 English article. The evaluation results of the PRISMA checklist showed that there were 3 high-quality articles and 3 medium-quality articles; the evaluation results of AMSTAR 2 scale showed that 1 was in low grade and 5 were in very low grade; among the 21 outcome indicators, 6 were of medium quality, 13 were of low quality, and 2 were of very low quality.Conclusions:Acupuncture treatment of ulcerative colitis can achieve better curative effect, and compared with conventional Western medicine treatment, it has more advantages in alleviating adverse symptoms such as spastic myalgia and constipation. However, the methodological quality and evidence quality of the relevant literature are generally low, and more high-quality studies are still needed.
