Acupuncture for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:An Overview of Systematic Reviews

• 作者: YIN Zi-han WANG Lin-jia CHENG Ying CHEN Jiao HONG Xiao-juan ZHAO Ling LIANG Fan-rong
• 来源期刊: 中国结合医学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（12）
• 所属期刊栏目: Literature Research
• 页码范围: 940-946
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11655-020-3195-3

摘要

Objective:To evaluate the quality of the existing studies and summarize evidence of important outcomes of meta-analyses/systematic reviews (MAs/SRs) of CFS.Methods:Potentially eligible studies were searched in the following electronic databases from inception to 1 September,2019:Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM),China Science and Technology Joumal Database (VIP),China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),WanFang Database (WF),Web of Science,Embase,PubMed and Cochrane Library.Grades of Recommendation,Assessment,Development,and Evaluation (GRADE) was used to evaluate the quality of evidence.The methodological quality of the literature was evaluated by A Measure Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews-2 (AMSTAR-2) and the quality of the report was assessed by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA).The intra-class correlation coefficient was used to assess the consistency of the reviewers,with an overall intraclass correlation coefficient score of 0.967.Results:Ten MAs/SRs were included.The overall conclusions were that acupuncture had good safety and efficacy in the treatment of CFS,but some of these results were contradictory.The GRADE indicated that out of the 17 outcomes,high-quality evidence was provided in 0 (0％),moderate in 3 (17.65％),low in 10 (58.82％),and very low in 4 (23.53％).The results of AMSTAR-2 showed that the methodological quality of all included studies was critically low.The PRISMA statement revealed that 8 articles (80％) were in line with 20 of the 27-item checklist,and 2 articles (20％)matched with 10-19 of the 27 items.Conclusion:Acupuncture on treating CFS has the advantage for efficacy and safety,but the quality of SRs/MAs of acupuncture for CFS need to be improved.