Mapa de evidências sobre a efetividade clínica da acupuntura: informe executivo. / Evidence map on clinical effectiveness of acupuncture: executive report

Este informe executivo apresenta os principais achados do mapa de evidências sobre os efeitos da Acupuntura para desfechos em saúde, que representa a evidência de 163 estudos de revisão que analisaram o efeito da acupuntura como intervenção para pelo menos um dos 96 desfechos de saúde organizados em 14 grupos: Câncer e Neoplasias; Dor; Doenças Cardiovasculares; Doenças Respiratórias; Doenças Reumáticas e Musculoesqueléticas; Doenças Nutricionais, Metabólicas e Endócrinas; Doenças do Sistema Nervoso; Dermatopatias; Gastroenteropatias; Indicadores Metabólicos e Fisiológicos; Oftalmopatias e Otorrinolaringopatias; Sinais e Sintomas; Transtornos Mentais; e Outros desfechos. No todo foram 201 associações entre acupuntura e os desfechos de saúde. Para cada associação intervenção-desfecho foi incluído o efeito reportado pelo estudo de revisão.

This executive report presents the main findings of the evidence map on the effects of acupuncture for health outcomes, representing evidence from 163 review studies that analyzed the effect of acupuncture as an intervention for at least one of the 96 health outcomes organized into 14 groups: Cancer and Neoplasms; Pain; Cardiovascular Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases; Nutritional, Metabolic, and Endocrine Diseases; Diseases of the Nervous System; Dermatopathies; Gastroenteropathies; Metabolic and Physiological Indicators; Ophthalmopathies and Otorhinolaryngopathies; Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders; and Other outcomes. In total, there were 201 associations between acupuncture and health outcomes. For each intervention-outcome association, the reported effect by the review study was included.

Este informe ejecutivo presenta los principales hallazgos del mapa de evidencia sobre los efectos de la acupuntura en los resultados de salud, representando la evidencia de 163 estudios de revisión que analizaron el efecto de la acupuntura como intervención para al menos uno de los 96 resultados de salud organizados en 14 grupos: Cáncer y Neoplasias; Dolor; Enfermedades Cardiovasculares; Enfermedades Respiratorias; Enfermedades Reumáticas y Musculoesqueléticas; Enfermedades Nutricionales, Metabólicas y Endocrinas; Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso; Dermatopatías; Gastroenteropatías; Indicadores Metabólicos y Fisiológicos; Oftalmopatías y Otorrinolaringopatías; Signos y Síntomas; Trastornos Mentales; y Otros resultados. En total, hubo 201 asociaciones entre la acupuntura y los resultados de salud. Para cada asociación intervención-resultados se incluyó el efecto informado por el estudio de revisión.

Evidence mapping analysis of clinical research on traditional Chinese medicine in treatment of vertigo / 中国中药杂志

In this study, the evidence map system was used to sort out the clinical research evidence on traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) treatment of vertigo and understand the evidence distribution in this field. CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, EMbase, and Web of Science were searched for the clinical randomized controlled trial(RCT) and systematic reviews/Meta-analysis on TCM treatment of vertigo in recent five years, and the evidence was analyzed and presented in the form of text and charts. The Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions was used to evaluate the quality of the clinical RCT, and the AMSTAR mea-surement tool was used to evaluate the quality of the systematic reviews/Meta-analysis. A total of 382 RCTs and eight systematic reviews/Meta-analysis were included. In recent five years, the number of published articles has been on the rise. There were many intervention measures and TCM therapies for vertigo. Outcome indicators mainly included clinical efficacy, TCM syndrome score, vertigo score, occurrence of adverse reactions, and effective rate. The overall quality of clinical RCT and systematic reviews/Meta-analysis was low. Most studies have proven the potential efficacy of TCM in treating vertigo, but there was still no clear clinical evidence of efficacy. The results show that TCM has advantages in the treatment of vertigo, but there are also problems. More high-quality studies are still lacking, suggesting that more large-sample and multi-center RCT should be conducted in the future, and the quality of relevant syste-matic reviews/Meta-analysis should be improved to fully explore the advantages of TCM in the treatment of vertigo, and provide strong support for the effectiveness and safety of TCM in the treatment of vertigo.

An Evidence-map Proposal about the Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Balneotherapy, Based on Published Literature in 2020-2021 / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

  The primary objective of this study was to collect evidence that individuals who use hot spring facilities and public baths have a low risk of being infected with COVID-19. The secondary objective was to comprehensively summarize the research issues that remain to be explored in the field of balneology considering results of previous research.  Literature databases used were CINHAL, Cochrane Library (Clinical Answer, Cochrane Protocol, Cochrane Review, Editorials, Special Collections, Trials), Ichushi Web (in Japanese), MEDLINE, and Web of Science Core Collection. For each database, we selected results from the time it was opened through July 26, 2021. When intervention studies and experimental were searched, the following modified PICOS was used the following: P (Participant: no restrictions on the presence or absence of illness), I (Intervention: normal breathing or intentional sneezing, coughing, conversation), C (Comparison: no restrictions), O (Outcome: markers that simulate the flow of indoor air, the dynamics of droplets, and droplets in bathrooms and dressing rooms), and S (Study design: including intervention studies and experiments without a control group). For observational studies, PECOS included: P (participants: unlimited with or without disease), E (Exposure: public bathing facility), C (comparison: unrestricted), and S (study design: cross-sectional study, cohort study, and case-control study).  For the primary objective, no studies met the eligibility criteria, and at the time of this study there was no evidence that the use of hot spring facilities or public baths presented a low risk of being infected with COVID-19. Regarding the secondary objective, there were 15 relevant studies. In the context of a society that is strongly influenced by COVID-19, our literature review identified four research issues: “A. Use of hot spring facilities and public baths has a low risk of COVID-19 infection”, “B. The quality of hot springs and the room temperature and water temperature of public baths make SARS-CoV-2 inactivate/attenuate”, “C. Hot spring facilities, public baths, bathing habits at home lead to prevention of COVID-19 and alleviation of symptoms”, “D. Bathing for survivors of COVID-19 is effective for various rehabilitation of patients”. Suitable research approaches for each issue would be required in order to grasp each evidence.

Clinical study on acupuncture and moxibustion for frozen shoulder: an evidence map / 中国针灸

The clinical evidences on acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment of frozen shoulder were sorted and summarized systematically. The relevant articles of frozen shoulder treated with acupuncture and moxibustion were searched from PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane database of systematic review (CDSR), Cochrane database of controlled trials register (CENTRAL), China national knowledge infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, VIP, and Chinese biomedical literature databases (SinoMed), from database inception to May 31, 2021. Using AMSTAR-2, the methodological quality of the included systematic reviews was evaluated. With evidence map, the current status of clinical evidence was summarized on acupuncture and moxibustion in treatment of frozen shoulder. A total of 266 original studies and 6 systematic reviews were included finally. At present, many randomized controlled trials are designed with small sample size and the simple acupuncture and moxibustion therapy is dominant as the intervention, e.g. warm acupuncture, acupuncture with filiform needle, acupotomy and electroacupuncture. The outcomes considered in the current trials focus on clinical effective rate, the score of shoulder pain, the score of shoulder function and the score of quality of life. Most of the studies have shown that acupuncture and moxibustion is advantageous as an adjunctive therapy for frozen shoulder, but its clinical evidence is few in terms of the recurrence rate and safety. Moreover, it needs to improve the evidence quality of the relevant studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for frozen shoulder.

An Evidence-map Proposal about the Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Balneotherapy, Based on Published Literature in 2020-2021 / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

  The primary objective of this study was to collect evidence that individuals who use hot spring facilities and public baths have a low risk of being infected with COVID-19. The secondary objective was to comprehensively summarize the research issues that remain to be explored in the field of balneology considering results of previous research.  Literature databases used were CINHAL, Cochrane Library (Clinical Answer, Cochrane Protocol, Cochrane Review, Editorials, Special Collections, Trials), Ichushi Web (in Japanese), MEDLINE, and Web of Science Core Collection. For each database, we selected results from the time it was opened through July 26, 2021. When intervention studies and experimental were searched, the following modified PICOS was used the following: P (Participant: no restrictions on the presence or absence of illness), I (Intervention: normal breathing or intentional sneezing, coughing, conversation), C (Comparison: no restrictions), O (Outcome: markers that simulate the flow of indoor air, the dynamics of droplets, and droplets in bathrooms and dressing rooms), and S (Study design: including intervention studies and experiments without a control group). For observational studies, PECOS included: P (participants: unlimited with or without disease), E (Exposure: public bathing facility), C (comparison: unrestricted), and S (study design: cross-sectional study, cohort study, and case-control study).  For the primary objective, no studies met the eligibility criteria, and at the time of this study there was no evidence that the use of hot spring facilities or public baths presented a low risk of being infected with COVID-19. Regarding the secondary objective, there were 15 relevant studies. In the context of a society that is strongly influenced by COVID-19, our literature review identified four research issues: “A. Use of hot spring facilities and public baths has a low risk of COVID-19 infection”, “B. The quality of hot springs and the room temperature and water temperature of public baths make SARS-CoV-2 inactivate/attenuate”, “C. Hot spring facilities, public baths, bathing habits at home lead to prevention of COVID-19 and alleviation of symptoms”, “D. Bathing for survivors of COVID-19 is effective for various rehabilitation of patients”. Suitable research approaches for each issue would be required in order to grasp each evidence.