Systematic assessment of acupuncture treatment on eczema / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment on eczema for providing the objective and reliable evaluation.Methods Cochrane systematic review methods were adopted.The author searched data in the VIP database(1987～2009),Qing Hua Tong Fang database(1997～2009),and China Academic Journals' Full-text Database(CNKJ)(1997～2009)concerned on acupuncture treatment of eczema and evaluated by RCT. Odds ratio(OR) and 95%confidence interval(95%C1)were used as the statistic efficacy for analysis.The quality of the papers was analyzed according to the four quality evaluation criteria in Cochrane Handbook and then meta-analysis(Meta)by RevMan4.2.2 software.Results There were 19 relevant Papers of randomized controlled trials(RCT)and non-randomized controlled trial (CCT)met the included criteria Meta analysis showed that there were statistically significant difference between acupuncture and conventional treatment of eczema.Conclusion Acupuncture treatment can improve the efficiency and reduce the recurrence rate of eczema.However,due to relatively low methodological trial adopted in these included papers,more scientific clinical trial designs were expected for provided high quality papers used for statistical analysis.