Efficacy Comparison of Different Acupuncture Treatments for Primary Insomnia: A Bayesian Analysis
Xu H, Shi Y, Xiao Y, Liu P, Wu S, Pang P, Deng L, Chen X · Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine · 2019 September 03
DOI 10.1155/2019/8961748
Objective
This study compared the effectiveness of different forms of acupuncture for primary insomnia by using network meta-analysis.
Conclusions
he finding indicated that five acupuncture methods may be all effective in the treatment of primary insomnia, and scalp acupuncture seems to be the best treatment.
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