Abstract
A Systematic Review on the Efficacy of Acupuncture Combined with Other Therapies in the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1Key Laboratory of Ningxia Minority Medicine Modernization, 2Department of Clinical Sciences, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Xingqing 750101, 3Department of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, 4Department of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Xingqing 750101, 5Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan Provincial Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410007, 6Department of Medicine, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Hospital and Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
Correspondence Address:
B. Guo, Key Laboratory of Ningxia Minority Medicine Modernization, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Xingqing 750101, China, E-mail: Guo12200055@163.com
The objective of this study is to systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with other therapies in the treatment of bronchial asthma, further providing effective evidence-based support for clinical application. Chinese databases such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Virus Protein domain Database information resource system, Chinese biomedical literature database and WanFang data including international databases like PubMed, Cochrane library, Web of Science and Excerpta Medica Database were searched comprehensively up to August 2023 for studies related to acupuncture combined with other therapies against bronchial asthma. Literature was screened out, extracted the data using excel spreadsheets, assessed the quality of included studies according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions; further, we conducted heterogeneity tests, meta-analysis, sensitivity analysis and hypothesis testing using RevMan 5.4 software for clinical overall effective rate, pulmonary function tests such as forced expiratory volume in the first second, peak expiratory flow, forced expiratory volume in the first second/forced vital capacity, etc. Forest plots were constructed and analyzed; funnel plots were used for publication bias analysis to systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with other therapies in the treatment of bronchial asthma. The clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with other therapies in the treatment of bronchial asthma is significant, justifying its widespread clinical application. However, the included studies have limitations, with an overall low-quality level and certain risk of bias, affecting the reliability of the meta-analysis. It is expected that in the future, high-quality, large-sample, and multicenter scientifically rigorous studies will be conducted to continuously improve and update systematic evaluations to verify the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with other therapies in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
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