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{"title":"Obesity in children and youth: Public health emergency? Or opportunity for research, education, and advocacy?","authors":"Kathi J. Kemper","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000912/pdfft?md5=fea149029413e0716f55ce5298aa5db7&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000912-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72208766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence of nerve injury following acupuncture treatments in Taiwan","authors":"Chia-Lin Lin ,&nbsp;Andy Chern ,&nbsp;Ming-Jen Wang ,&nbsp;Shun-Ku Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Acupuncture, a widely employed traditional therapeutic modality known for its efficacy in pain alleviation and diverse condition management, may inadvertently result in mechanical nerve injury due to its invasive nature. This research aimed to ascertain the incidence of nerve injuries post-acupuncture, identify associated risk factors, and map the distribution of nerve injury sites.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A case-control study nested in the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) 2000–2018 two million cohort was conducted. Patients previously diagnosed with nerve injury, surgery, or degeneration before acupuncture were excluded. Cases were defined as patients receiving acupuncture and seeking medical attention for nerve injury (ICD9-CM code 950–957) within 14 days post-procedure, while control groups comprised patients undergoing acupuncture without subsequent adverse events. Invasive treatments prior to adverse events and adverse events occurring more than 14 days post-acupuncture were excluded. To ensure case-control comparability, factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, and medical facility environment were controlled using propensity score matching.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The study encompassed 14,507,847 acupuncture treatments administered to 886,753 patients, with 8361 instances of post-acupuncture nerve injury identified, representing an incidence rate of approximately 5.76 per 10,000 procedures. Age emerged as a significant risk factor, with the adjusted odds ratios escalating with age. Several comorbidities including diabetes, hypothyroidism, liver cirrhosis, chronic kidney disease, herpes zoster, hepatitis virus, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, dementia, and cerebrovascular accidents were associated with an elevated risk of nerve injury post-acupuncture.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study underscores the importance of meticulous patient profiling and cautious therapeutic approach in acupuncture, considering the evident influence of various demographic, systemic, and treatment-related factors on the incidence of nerve injuries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000948/pdfft?md5=b00405d34ffa09ffb064af98e5e929f5&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000948-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138470044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of pomegranate consumption on liver function enzymes in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Hossein Bahari ,&nbsp;Hossein Rafiei ,&nbsp;Kian Goudarzi ,&nbsp;Kosar Omidian ,&nbsp;Omid Asbaghi ,&nbsp;Kosar Sadat Hosseini Kolbadi ,&nbsp;Moslem Naderian ,&nbsp;Ali Hosseini","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all published clinical trial studies to provide a more accurate estimation of pomegranate effects on liver enzymes in different clinical conditions.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A systematic literature search was carried out using electronic databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus, up to March 2023 to identify eligible randomized clinical trials (RCTs) evaluating the effect of pomegranate consumption on liver function enzymes. Heterogeneity tests of the selected trials were performed using the I² statistic. Random effects models were assessed based on the heterogeneity tests, and pooled data were determined as the weighted mean difference with a 95% confidence interval.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Out of 3811 records, 9 eligible RCTs were included in the current study. However, there are limitations in the included studies, which can be mentioned in the dose, duration, and type of interventions that are different among the studies, as well as the small number of included studies. All this causes heterogeneity among studies and this heterogeneity limits the consistency of the results. Our meta-analysis showed that pomegranate intake had a significant effect on lowering aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels in long-term intervention (&gt; 8 weeks), obese (BMI≥30) individuals, or patients with metabolic disorders. Furthermore, results showed a significant decrease in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in the long-term intervention (&gt; 8 weeks) or in patients with metabolic disorders following the pomegranate intake. Combined results from the random‐effects model indicated a significant reduction in gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels (WMD: −5.43 IU/L 95% CI: −7.78 to −3.08; p &lt; 0.001;) following the pomegranate intake. The results of Egger’s test mentioned a significant publication bias for the trials examining the effect of pomegranate intake on AST (p = 0.007) and ALT (p = 0.036).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our results suggest that long-term pomegranate intake may be effective in ameliorating liver enzymes in adults with obesity and metabolic disorders who are more likely to have elevated baseline liver enzymes due to some degree of liver injury or tissue damage. However, some studies failed to conduct independent biochemical characterization of the product used, including the presence and quantity of polyphenols, antioxidants, and proanthocyanidins.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096522992300095X/pdfft?md5=e47f34f22dd87bca2fba96b35b06d4db&pid=1-s2.0-S096522992300095X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138470045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thoughts on “The effect of recorded music on pain endurance (CRESCENDo) – A randomised controlled trial”","authors":"Rauhaan Tahir,&nbsp;Sadeed Ahmed Choudhury,&nbsp;Rasi Mizori,&nbsp;Malik Takreem Ahmad","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000870/pdfft?md5=be65c59c242cbe1bd5285a694fa28e18&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000870-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138451126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Scientific knowledge graph and trend analysis of Tuina: A bibliometric analysis","authors":"Hui Xu ,&nbsp;Zheng Wang ,&nbsp;Zhen Wang ,&nbsp;Hang Zhou ,&nbsp;Wanyu Li ,&nbsp;Juan Guo ,&nbsp;Yuchen Xie ,&nbsp;Yunfeng Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Tuina is an effective complementary and alternative therapy. However, no bibliometric analysis has explored the global research status and emerging trends of tuina. Therefore, our study aimed to provide a perspective on the current state and frontier trends in the field.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Bibliometric analysis</p></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><p>Tuina-related publications between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2022, were obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection database.</p></div><div><h3>Main outcome measures</h3><p>The knowledge graph software CiteSpace and VOSViewer were used to quantitatively analyse annual trends in annual publication volume, journals, countries, institutions, authors, cited references, and keywords.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Overall, 1877 articles were obtained. Consequently, the number of annual publications in tuina gradually increased. China published the most articles (1402 articles, 58.01%), followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (110 articles, 2.57%). Original and review articles were the two main types of publications. Photonics Research ranked first (101 articles, 5.38%) as the most influential affiliate and productive journal. These articles come from 8423 authors, among whom Min Fang published the most publications, and Ernst E was co-cited most often. According to the keyword co-occurrence analysis, the new research frontiers were meta-analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This comprehensive bibliometric study analysed the publications on tuina and presented them visually, revealing new research trends, pivotal points, research hotspots, and frontiers. Prospective strategies and potential directions for further studies were also provided.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000924/pdfft?md5=268711721018ec92a84e255a1ead9a55&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000924-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134655799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research trends of acupuncture therapy on facial paralysis in a decade spanning 2013–2023: A bibliometric analysis","authors":"Danchun Lan ,&nbsp;Cheng Huang ,&nbsp;Na Yu ,&nbsp;Jinxiong Lao ,&nbsp;Ziyong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aimed to employ bibliometric approaches to assess the worldwide scientific achievements in acupuncture for facial paralysis research from 2013 to 2023, and explore the hotspots and frontiers. Methods: Articles related to acupuncture facial paralysis were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). CiteSpace was utilized to examine journals, publication year, country, institution, cited authors, as well as authors.Research hotspots and trends were analyzed by mapping co-citation networks and keywords. Results: The period from January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2023, yielded nearly 145 research records on acupuncture treatment for facial paralysis, with a steady increase in the number of annual publications.In terms of the number of publications, <em>OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD NECK</em> had the highest publication count, while <em>AM J CHINESE MED</em> exhibited the highest centrality and citation frequency among the cited journals. Further, 54.4 % of publications originated from China, followed by USA (8.2 %) and Germany (8.2 %). Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine stood out with the highest publication volume among institutions. Guntinas-lichius, Orlando was the most prolific author, and PEITERSEN E was the most cited author. The keywords \"Randomized controlled trials\" and \"multicenter\" displayed high frequency and centrality, indicating that clinical trials with a randomized controlled design and multicenter studies were prevalent research methods, likely to remain a future trend. Conclusion: Acupuncture's potential in the treatment of facial paralysis merits further research. Authors from different countries/regions and organizations need to eliminate language and academic barriers and strengthen collaboration and communication. Current research hotspots focus on <u>“brain”, “nerve”, “electrical stimulation”, “RCT” and “guidelines”.</u> The study of acupuncture mechanisms, especially based on the central nervous system mechanism, may be the future research hotspot.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000936/pdfft?md5=f522c05d6dd3a56b07b2a961cf1f2bf7&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000936-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134655228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative efficacy of acupuncture-related interventions for tubal obstructive infertility: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","authors":"Wenrui Huang ,&nbsp;Jing Ling ,&nbsp;Xingzi Fang ,&nbsp;Xingyan Ou ,&nbsp;XueLian Du","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Tubal obstructive infertility (TOI) is a challenging condition affecting many women worldwide. Acupuncture and herbal medicine have emerged as potential therapeutic options for enhancing fertility outcomes in these patients. However, the evidence regarding their efficacy remains inconclusive, necessitating a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Computer searches were conducted in PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP Information, Wanfang Database, and China Biology Medicine (CBM) databases to retrieve relevant literature on the efficacy and safety of acupuncture and related therapies for the treatment of tubal obstructive infertility. The search period extended from the inception of the databases to December 2022. Two researchers independently screened the literature based on strict inclusion criteria, extracted relevant data, and utilized Cochrane Collaboration tools and the Jadad scale to comprehensively assess the quality of the included studies. Subsequently, pairwise meta-analysis and network meta-analysis were performed using statistical software such as StataSE and Rstudio, and graphical representations were generated to present the results.</p></div><div><h3>Result</h3><p>The network meta-analysis included 1580 articles, with 23 meeting the criteria. These studies involved 2355 patients and explored 13 intervention measures. Acupuncture-related therapies outperformed control interventions in improving pregnancy rates, tubal patency rates, and overall effectiveness while demonstrating a lower incidence of adverse events. EA+CHM was identified as the most effective for pregnancy rates, MOX for tubal patency rates, and MOX+AP for overall effectiveness. The safety profile of acupuncture-related interventions was acceptable. These findings support acupuncture-related therapies as effective and safe options for tubal obstructive infertility management. Further high-quality research is needed to validate and expand upon these results.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>These findings offer novel treatment strategies for acupuncture-related interventions, providing practitioners with evidence-based guidance. Addressing limitations through future research is crucial, including diverse literature, emphasizing higher-quality RCTs, and exploring a broader range of interventions with long-term follow-up data. Systematic assessment of adverse events, standardized techniques, and robust ranking methods should be considered.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000900/pdfft?md5=3e76616763f2e414e9ad3c22748e3217&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000900-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89717263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A dietary intervention for postmenopausal hot flashes: A potential role of gut microbiome. An exploratory analysis","authors":"Hana Kahleova ,&nbsp;Danielle N. Holtz ,&nbsp;Noah Strom ,&nbsp;Alex La Reau ,&nbsp;Sinjana Kolipaka ,&nbsp;Natalie Schmidt ,&nbsp;Ellen Hata ,&nbsp;Tatiana Znayenko-Miller ,&nbsp;Richard Holubkov ,&nbsp;Neal D. Barnard","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study examined the role of gut microbiome changes in mediating the effects of a dietary intervention on the frequency and severity of postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Postmenopausal women (n = 84) reporting ≥2 moderate-to-severe hot flashes daily were randomly assigned, in 2 successive cohorts, to an intervention including a low-fat, vegan diet and cooked soybeans (½ cup [86 g] daily) or to stay on their usual diet. Over a 12-week period, frequency and severity of hot flashes were recorded with a mobile application. In a subset of 11 women, gut microbiome was analyzed at baseline and after 12 weeks of the dietary intervention (low-fat vegan diet with soybeans), using deep shotgun metagenomic sequencing. Differences in the microbiome between baseline and 12 weeks were assessed by comparing alpha diversity with Wilcoxon signed rank tests, beta diversity with permanovaFL, and taxon abundance with Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Pearson correlations were used to assess the association between changes in hot flashes and gut bacteria.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>In the subset for which microbiome testing was done, total hot flashes decreased by 95 % during the dietary intervention (p = 0.007); severe hot flashes disappeared (from 0.6 to 0.0/day; p = 0.06); and moderate-to-severe hot flashes decreased by 96 % (p = 0.01). Daytime and nighttime hot flashes were reduced by 96 % (p = 0.01) and 94 % (p = 0.004), respectively. Alpha and beta diversity did not significantly differ in the intervention group between baseline and 12 weeks. Two families (Enterobacteriaceae and Veillonellaceae), 5 genera (<em>Erysipelatoclostridium, Fusicatenibacter, Holdemanella, Intestinimonas</em>, and <em>Porphyromonas</em>), and 6 species (<em>Clostridium asparagiforme, Clostridium innocuum, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans, Intestinimonas butyriciproducens, Prevotella corporis</em>, and <em>Streptococcus sp.</em>) were differentially abundant, but after correction for multiple comparisons, these differences were no longer significant. Changes in the relative abundance of <em>Porphyromonas</em> and <em>Prevotella corporis</em> were associated with the reduction in severe day hot flashes both unadjusted (r = 0.61; p = 0.047; and r = 0.69; p = 0.02), respectively), and after adjustment for changes in body mass index (r = 0.63; p = 0.049; and r = 0.73; p = 0.02), respectively). Changes in relative abundance of <em>Clostridium asparagiforme</em> were associated with the reduction in total severe hot flashes (r = 0.69; p = 0.019) and severe night hot flashes (r = 0.82; p = 0.002) and the latter association remained significant after adjustment for changes in body mass index (r = 0.75; p = 0.01).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This exploratory analysis revealed potential associations between changes in vasomotor symptoms in response to a diet change and changes in the gut microbiome.","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000894/pdfft?md5=602550b55101847b9ba1833b473923b7&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000894-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72208765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global research trends of sham acupuncture: A bibliometric analysis","authors":"Boram Lee ,&nbsp;Chan-Young Kwon ,&nbsp;Ye-Seul Lee ,&nbsp;Terje Alraek ,&nbsp;Stephen Birch ,&nbsp;Hye Won Lee ,&nbsp;Lin Ang ,&nbsp;Myeong Soo Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Sham acupuncture has been used as a control in acupuncture efficacy trials. However, questions have been raised about whether it is a physiologically inert placebo. We aimed to understand global research trends and provide guidance for future research by conducting a bibliometric analysis of sham acupuncture studies.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Journal articles published to date related to sham acupuncture were retrieved from Web of Science on May 29, 2023. The publication year, country, keyword, author, and organization of the studies were analyzed using the available bibliometric information. Using VOSviewer software, the co-occurrence of keywords in sham acupuncture studies was visualized as a network map by cluster analysis and overlay analysis according to the publication year.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 3428 studies were included in the analysis. Studies on sham acupuncture have been steadily increasing since 1991, with most of the studies conducted in China (1514 studies, 44.17 %), followed by the United States (789 studies, 23.02 %) and South Korea (277 studies, 8.08 %). The keywords of sham acupuncture research were classified into four clusters: evidence synthesis, pain clinical research, mechanism research, and acupressure research. Keyword analysis according to the publication year showed that evidence synthesis on sham acupuncture was recently focused on psychiatric conditions including depression and insomnia through systematic reviews, and clinical and mechanism studies on sham acupuncture were mostly conducted relatively in the past.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This bibliometric analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the development and global trends of sham acupuncture research to date, suggesting directions for future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000882/pdfft?md5=1e6161390f097e5fdce8d3f6c70a206f&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000882-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91963359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in Homeopathy: Recommendations for summarising evidence from homeopathic intervention studies (Sum-HomIS recommendations)","authors":"Katharina Gaertner ,&nbsp;Susanne Ulbrich-Zürni ,&nbsp;Stephan Baumgartner ,&nbsp;Harald Walach ,&nbsp;Michael Frass ,&nbsp;Petra Weiermayer","doi":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Mainly due to the use of different inclusion criteria and quality assessments, systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) with homeopathic intervention studies (HOMIS) have shown inconsistent results. We aimed to build recommendations for “Summarizing evidence from Homeopathic Intervention Studies” (Sum-HomIS recommendations) in order to approach standardization.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Against the background of a framework-project to update the evidence from homeopathic intervention studies, we launched an expert panel on how to assess the quality of HOMIS and how to summarize evidence from HOMIS. The results of a literature review and the expert communications in advance of the panel as well as the consensus from the discussions are presented here. We added specific considerations for homeopathic veterinary research.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>On top of the general guidelines when planning a review we report five basic Sum-HomIS recommendations. These are: 1) A broad literature search including special archives and consideration of so-called grey-literature; 2) The inclusion of controlled observational studies alongside randomized controlled trials; 3) The choice of a clear clinical research question in the terms that, if possible, the review project includes studies with predominantly homogeneous populations, interventions, comparators and outcomes (PICOs); 4) The use of a global quality assessment including the assessment of external, model and internal validity; 5) A summary of evidence using the GRADE-approach if the body of evidence is sufficiently large and homogenous or a descriptive summary if it is not so.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>We present recommendations for designing, conducting, and reporting SRs and MAs with HOMIS.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10545,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000869/pdfft?md5=93ce0e8d30b3cb9851c08e3e8c1f7a9d&pid=1-s2.0-S0965229923000869-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66783697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}