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dc.contributorSchool of Nursing-
dc.creatorYeh, CH-
dc.creatorChiang, YC-
dc.creatorHoffman, SL-
dc.creatorLiang, Z-
dc.creatorKlem, ML-
dc.creatorTam, WWS-
dc.creatorChien, LC-
dc.creatorSuen, LKP-
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-15T08:35:48Z-
dc.date.available2016-04-15T08:35:48Z-
dc.identifier.issn1741-427Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/35859-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2014 Chao Hsing Yeh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.rightsThe following article: Yeh, C. H., Chiang, Y. C., Hoffman, S. L., Liang, Z., Klem, M. L., Tam, W. W., ... & Suen, L. K. P. (2014). Efficacy of auricular therapy for pain management: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, 2014, is available at https//doi.org/10.1155/2014/934670en_US
dc.titleEfficacy of auricular therapy for pain management : a systematic review and meta-analysisen_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2014/934670en_US
dcterms.abstractObjective. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of auricular therapy by including a sham therapy control group. Methods. Relevant, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) were identified by searching medical related databases from, depending on journal, 1900 (at the earliest) to 1994 (at the latest) through May 2013. The outcome measure was a pain intensity score. Results. Twenty-two RCTs were identified and 13 RCTs were included for meta-analysis. In these studies, auricular therapy provided significant pain relief when compared to a sham or control group. The overall standardized mean differences (SMD) was 1.59 (95% CI [-2.36, -0.82]) (13 trials, total subject numbers = 806), indicating that, on average, the mean decrease in pain score for auricular therapy group was 1.59 standard deviations greater than the mean decrease for the sham control. In terms of the efficacy of the different treatment methods, auricular acupressure boasts the largest strength of evidence for pain relief, followed by auricular acupuncture. Electroacupuncture stimulation did not show significant evidence for efficacy, which may be due to the small sample size (i.e., only 19 subjects were included). Conclusion. Further large-scale RCTs are needed to determine the efficacy of auricular therapy for pain.-
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, 2014, v. 2014, 934670-
dcterms.isPartOfEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine-
dcterms.issued2014-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000340171900001-
dc.identifier.pmid25165482-
dc.identifier.eissn1741-4288en_US
dc.identifier.rosgroupid2014000225-
dc.description.ros2014-2015 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalen_US
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dc.description.pubStatusPublisheden_US
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