The Acupuncture Treatment of Masked Depression

Nakamura, Mitsuru; NAWATA, Takao; Matsuoka, K.; ODAHARA, Yoshinobu; Hasegawa, Hiroshi; TAWA, Munenori; Ikeuchi, Takaharu; OUTA, Sintarou; NISHIMAKI, Noriko

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“…We found a total of 27 potentially relevant articles, of which six were finally included in the review (see Table 1). [16][17][18][19][20][21][22] The reasons for excluding reports were as follows: comparative trial that was not randomised, 23 not purely clinical depression, [24][25][26] reports of uncontrolled studies, [27][28][29][30][31][32][33] not using acupuncture as defined, 34 duplicate publication of an included study, 35;16 foreign language versions of included studies also reported in English. 36;37 One article, 38 was a second report of an included study, 17 but provided some additional data which were included; another article, 39 was excluded as it was a review of other included trials.…”

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“…[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] The reasons for excluding reports were as follows: comparative trial that was not randomised, 23 not purely clinical depression, [24][25][26] reports of uncontrolled studies, [27][28][29][30][31][32][33] One RCT included patients who had either depression or generalised anxiety disorder; 22 we obtained additional data from the author and excluded patients with anxiety. None of the articles located through Korean acupuncture journals or the Japanese database met our inclusion criteria.…”

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The Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Depression – a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

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Objective To summarise the existing evidence on acupuncture as a therapy for depression. Methods RCTs were included, in which either manual acupuncture or electroacupuncture was compared with any control procedure in subjects with depression. Data were extracted independently by two authors. The methodological quality was assessed. Pre and post means and SDs for depression specific measures were extracted, when available, for meta-analysis. Results Seven randomised comparative trials involving 509 patients were included. The evidence is inconsistent on whether manual acupuncture is superior to sham, and suggests that acupuncture was not superior to waiting list. Evidence suggests that the effect of electroacupuncture may not be significantly different from antidepressant medication, weighted mean difference -0.43(95% CI -5.61 to 4.76). There is inconclusive evidence on whether acupuncture has an additive effect when given as an adjunct to antidepressant drugs. Conclusion The evidence from controlled trials is insufficient to conclude whether acupuncture is an effective treatment for depression, but justifies further trials of electroacupuncture.

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