[PDF] Top 20 Acupuncture as an intervention to reduce alcohol dependency: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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... the review. Data was pooled in a meta-analysis of two of these studies, Karst et al (2007) (10) and Michalek- Sauberer et al (2012) (11) , as both measured anxiety post-intervention on a ... See full document

... variable acupuncture interventions were given either alone or as an add-on to the control ...manual acupuncture, four [27,30,38,39] used electroacupuncture, three [28,36,37] used warm acupuncture, ... See full document

... subgroup analysis of VAS post-intervention, though we did not plan it in the protocol, because control groups in the included studies contained routine care and waiting ... See full document

... sham acupuncture arm as the control ...in intervention and control groups across included trials using a random-effects meta-analysis and report the results using a forest plot describing the ... See full document

... ER refers to the ability of endometrium to accept em- bryos, ER changes with the menstrual cycle. The normal endometrium only contains ET to the maximum extent within a short and critical period, the “implantation win- ... See full document

... recent meta-analysis found that exercise intervention could significantly reduce the test time after pooling the results of two included RCTs [30], but our meta-results showed that ... See full document

... Although there is a trend to suggest that there is greater effectiveness of peer-/lay-delivered interventions than interventions that take an empowerment approach or those that involve community members in the design of ... See full document

... [12]. Acupuncture is able to regulate the functioning of the heart and brain through stimulation of certain acupoints on the ...explored acupuncture as a treatment for ...of acupuncture in the ... See full document

... (3) intervention delivery occurred exclusively or primarily in the NICU, (4) samples were comprised of biological mothers, (5) valid and reliable measures of maternal depressive or anxiety symptoms administered at ... See full document

... gain intervention that is feas- ible at a population level ...tative analysis of pregnant women’s experience of routine weighing reported that weighing during ante- natal appointments was an acceptable ... See full document

... between alcohol con- sumption and sleep apnoea in adults aged 18 years and over identi fi ed from comprehensive searches of Medline (accessed via Ovid), EMBASE (accessed via Ovid), and Web of Science databases ... See full document

... 7 Eligible studies had to fulfil the following criteria: i. be published in an electronic journal article; ii. constitute an original peer-reviewed longitudinal study; and iii. report any kind of longitudinal association ... See full document

... Three hundred twenty- fi ve publications were found during the initial literature search. Of which, 47 were excluded for duplicate studies and 245 papers were excluded by reading their title and abstract (see the detail ... See full document

... studies. Meta-analysis refers to the use of statistical tech- niques in a systematic review to integrate the results of included studies” ...full-text review could be obtained. Pro- ... See full document

... this systematic review and meta-analysis sheds some light on the state of the incon- sistent evidence for group prenatal care as it relates to this important ...this systematic ... See full document

... This systematic review was assembled to analyze evidence about the efficacy of probiotics to reduce duration of upper respiratory infections in ambulatory ...Network Meta-Analysis ... See full document

... this analysis was that several revascularization techniques, such as coronary artery by- pass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention, were found to be associated with improved survival com- pared ... See full document

... relevant systematic reviews were identified including 23 for pain, 5 for spasticity, 6 for nausea and vomiting, and 12 for adverse ...events. Meta-analysis of 15 RCTs found more patients taking ... See full document

... sub-group analysis based on the study areas ...subgroup analysis indicated that extreme variability was observed in the prevalence of EBF across the regions of the ... See full document