Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is highly prevalent around the world and has a large impact on its patients, leading to a poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) and exercise capacity. Even under optimal medications, there are still many patients with poor HRQL. Body acupuncture therapy (BAT) is a non-invasive and a popular therapy. Therefore, we aimed to comprehensively analyze the effects of BAT in COPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eight electronic databases were searched. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the effect of BAT, medication (M), and pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). The primary outcome was HRQL evaluated by St. George's respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) or COPD assessment test (CAT). RESULTS:Of the 922 articles, 12 studies were included with attesting a total of 798 participants. The result obtained indicated a significant improvement that favored the BAT + M group over the M group in CAT scores (MD: -4.77; 95% CI: -6.53 to -3.01; p < 0.00001). CONCLUSIONS:BAT is an effective adjunctive non-pharmacological treatment to improve HRQL in patients under medical treatment for COPD. We suggested that BAT should be considered as one of the methods of management in patients with COPD.
journal_name
Complement Ther Clin Practjournal_title
Complementary therapies in clinical practiceauthors
Hsieh PC,Yang MC,Wu YK,Chen HY,Tzeng IS,Hsu PS,Lee CT,Chen CL,Lan CCdoi
10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.02.016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-05-01 00:00:00pages
208-218eissn
1744-3881issn
1873-6947pii
S1744-3881(19)30056-8journal_volume
35pub_type
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in clinical practice
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