An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture Treating Migraine

Table 4

MAs outcomes about VAS score.

Study ID	Outcome	Acute or preventive treatment	Intervention	Control	Follow-up time	RCTs (n)	I2	Model	MD	95% CI	value
Cui et al. [18]	VAS score	ND	Acupuncture with or without electrical stimulation	① or ②	Immediate-term (ND)	5 (667)	87%	REM	−0.32	[−1.04, 0.41]	<0.0001
			Acupuncture		Short-term (ND)	7 (447)	66%	REM	−1.24	[−1.84, −0.64]	<0.0001
					Long-term (ND)	5 (318)	95%	REM	−1.77	[−2.76, −0.78]	0.0005
Pu et al. [25]	VAS score	Acute treatment	Acupuncture	①	2 h	4 (699)	67%	REM	−0.38	[−0.83, 0.07]	0.10
					4 h	4 (699)	70%	REM	−0.42	[−0.96, 0.12]	0.12
	VAS score reduction				2 h	3 (579)	0%	FEM	0.36	[0.08, 0.65]	0.01
					4 h	3 (579)	0%	FEM	0.49	[0.14, 0.84]	0.01

ND: not defined; ①: sham acupuncture; ②: drug treatment.