The Effects of Auriculotherapy for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Ching-Yi Wu, 吳靜怡
• Other Authors: Ching-Hsiu Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6y2v38

碩士 === 輔英科技大學 === 護理系碩士班 === 104 === The aims of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta analysis that uses published randomized‐controlled and controlled clinical trials to analyze the effect of auriculotherapy for primary dysmenorrhea. Searches were conducted in databases including PerioPath Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature System, National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan, CEPS, CJFD, Wanfang data, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Cochrane Library, EMBASE.com, PubMed Central, and ScienceDirect.The search focused on articles published between Jun 2004and Dec 2014. Based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, 12articles addressing relevant randomized and controlled clinical trials were extracted. Of these, 9 provided sufficient data for pooling and analysis. The main outcomes assessed were VASP, SF-MPQ and SF-MDQ scale. The 9 studies showed that the auriculotherapy intervention had significant effects onpain relief, with respective effect sizes of -0.76 (95% CI=[-1.146, -0.375]), -0.317 (95% CI=[-0.556, -0.078]), and -0.519 (95% CI=[-0.721, -0.317]). The result of this study not only indicates that auriculotherapy may improve primary dysmenorrhea, but also summary the main acupoints of uterus, subcortical, shenmen, sympathetic, endocrine, abdomen, kidney, liver, and spleen. Further study is needed to help health care staffs better advice patients on the effects of auriculotherapy for primary dysmenorrhea.