Auricular acupressure is an alternative in treating constipation in leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jing, Xueming; Liu, Jiao; Wang, Chuanlin; Ji, Ming; Chen, Xing; Mei, Yihan; Zhu, Qingqing

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2018.03.005

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“…Auricular acupressure is a branch of traditional Chinese acupuncture. By exerting pressure on acupoints to stimulate meridians, it can affect the release of neurotransmitters transmitting signals along neurons, regulate endocrine and viscera functions, and finally relieve discomfort symptoms and cure some diseases [12–14] …”

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Combined effects of acupuncture and auricular acupressure for relieving cancer-related fatigue in patients during lung cancer chemotherapy

Han

Liu²

2021

Medicine

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Background: Increasing attention has been paid to acupuncture and auricular acupressure as alternative strategies for cancer related fatigue (CRF) management. Therefore, we design this systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the efficacy and safety of acupuncture and auricular acupressure for relieving CRF in patients during lung cancer chemotherapy. Methods: From the inception to August 2021, the Web of Science, EMBASE, PubMed, and Cochrane Library electronic databases were searched using the key phrases “acupuncture”, “auricular acupressure”, and “lung cancer” for all relevant trials. Trials that compared acupuncture (including electroacupuncture) and auricular acupressure with acupuncture alone were included. The primary outcome was the measurement of the CRF symptoms. Secondary outcome measures were physical activity, quality of life, and adverse events. A P value of <.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: It will be the first such study and will obtain evidence for utilizing acupuncture and auricular acupressure for lung cancer patients. Conclusion: Combined acupuncture and auricular acupressure may be effective for relieving CRF in patients during lung cancer chemotherapy.

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Combined effects of acupuncture and auricular acupressure for relieving cancer-related fatigue in patients during lung cancer chemotherapy

Han

Liu²

2021

Medicine

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“…Recently, several systematic reviews have shown that AA, as an intervention, has beneficial efficacy on hypertension (Zhao et al, 2020), pain management (You et al, 2019), myopia (Gao et al, 2020), constipation (Jing et al, 2018) and postpartum lactation (Chen et al, 2017). Meanwhile, AA has been used for various complications in Relevance to clinical practice: Auricular acupressure has the advantages of low cost, non-invasive and easy to be accepted by patients.…”

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Efficacy of auricular acupressure in maintenance haemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Yang

Wang

Zhang

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Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Objectives: To systematically evaluate the efficacy of auricular acupressure on sleep disorders, depression, pruritus, xerostomia and daily net weight gain (%) in maintenance haemodialysis patients.Background: Auricular acupressure has been used for various complications in maintenance haemodialysis patients, such as sleep disorders, depression, pruritus and xerostomia, but the efficacy has not yet been unified.Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Methods: Randomised controlled trials comparing auricular acupressure intervention with non-AA intervention in maintenance haemodialysis patients were included. We searched English databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science) and Chinese databases (CNKI, WanFang, CBM and VIP database) from the inception to 27 November 2020. The risk of bias was assessed by the Cochrane risk of bias tool. The RevMan 5.3 software was used to perform the meta-analysis. A descriptive analysis was conducted if the data were high of heterogeneity or could not be meta-analysed. The PRISMA statement was used to report systematic review and meta-analysis.Results: A total of 12 RCTs with 805 MHD patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that auricular acupressure had a significant difference for improving sleep disorders (MD = −1.97 points, 95% CI: −2.62 to −1.32, p < .0001), pruritus (MD = −1.55 points, 95% CI: −2.01 to −1.08, p < .0001), and daily net weight gain (%) (MD = −0.29, 95% CI: −0.37 to −0.21, p < .0001). The efficacy of depression and xerostomia were analysed descriptively due to insufficient data. Conclusions:The meta-analysis results indicated that auricular acupressure had a positive efficacy in maintenance haemodialysis patients to improve sleep disorders, pruritus and daily net weight gain (%). But the results should be treated conservatively on account of the low quality of included studies. Future researchers need to conduct more high-quality, large sample, multi-centre randomised controlled studies to provide a solid basis to demonstrate of the efficacy of auricular acupressure in maintenance haemodialysis patients.

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“…It has come to our attention that a very similar paper was previously published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice by another set of authors: “Auricular acupressure is an alternative in treating constipation in leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Jing et al [2].…”

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Auricular acupressure is an alternative in treating constipation in leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Combined effects of acupuncture and auricular acupressure for relieving cancer-related fatigue in patients during lung cancer chemotherapy

Combined effects of acupuncture and auricular acupressure for relieving cancer-related fatigue in patients during lung cancer chemotherapy

Efficacy of auricular acupressure in maintenance haemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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