Acupuncture for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Kim JT, Kim K, Ang L, Lee HW, Choi JY, Lee MS · PLOS One · 2022 October 10

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) through a systematic review.

Conclusions

The systematic review will involve searching nine databases, including PubMed, AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, RISS, KoreaMed, KISS, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database. Two investigators will independently review, extract, and analyze data using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool to assess the risk of bias.

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