Acupuncture treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: An overview of systematic reviews

作者：Bin Yu, MengYuan Li, Haipeng Huang, Shiqi Ma, Ke Huang, Zhen Zhong, Shuo Yu, LiYing Zhang · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1111/jcpt.13351 · 被引用次数：34 · 研究领域：Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies、Pain Mechanisms and Treatments、Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management

WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture through a review and analysis of systematic reviews of acupuncture for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. METHODS: Systematic reviews of acupuncture treatment for diabetic peripheral neuropathy were collected by searching CNKI, VIP, Wanfang database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), PubMed, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library. The retrieval period was from the establishment of the database to February 14, 2020. After literature selection and extraction, included reports were evaluated in terms of the quality of the methodology and of the report using criteria from the AMSTAR2 scale and the PRISMA statement. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Eighty eight reviews were retrieved. The inclusion criteria were a published systematic evaluation/meta-analysis/systematic review of acupuncture treatment for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, which included subjects meeting the diagnostic criteria for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and which compared acupuncture treatment with non-acupuncture treatment. After the inclusion criteria had been applied, 18 reviews were finally included. According to the PRISMA statement, 3 reports were relatively complete, 12 reports had certain defects, 3 reports had considerable information missing, and 18 reports had extremely low methodological quality according to the AMSTAR2 scale. Current evidence shows that acupuncture improves diabetic peripheral neurop...