Controversial conclusions from two randomized controlled trials for acupuncture’s effects on polycystic ovary syndrome or in vitro fertilization support
| Autor: | Arthur Yin Fan, Sherman Gu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
In vitro fertilisation business.industry Obstetrics medicine.medical_treatment Potential effect 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology General Medicine Traditional Chinese medicine Polycystic ovary female genital diseases and pregnancy complications 030205 complementary & alternative medicine law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law 021105 building & construction Acupuncture Medicine Live birth business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Integrative Medicine. 18:89-91 |
| ISSN: | 2095-4964 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.joim.2020.01.007 |
| Popis: | Two reports of trials investigating the potential effect of acupuncture in increasing live birth rate (LBR) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or those undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) were published by Journal of American Medical Association in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The trial investigators did not recommend acupuncture for the women with PCOS or IVF based on their findings. This paper raises the concern that the findings that acupuncture did not increase LBR for women with PCOS or undergoing IVF may be the result of methodological flaws in the studies and unintended bias such as use of an invalid control intervention and underestimation of the true acupuncture effect. Therefore, their findings may not be a valid reflection of acupuncture's effect in improving LBR in women with these clinical conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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