Acupuncture modification treatment for female sexual dysfunction: A meta-analysis.
Acupuncture
Female sexual dysfunction
Female sexual function index
Meta-analysis
Journal
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology
ISSN: 1872-7654
Titre abrégé: Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 0375672
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
03
07
2023
revised:
17
09
2023
accepted:
26
09
2023
medline:
24
11
2023
pubmed:
9
10
2023
entrez:
8
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Acupuncture has potential in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), but its effectiveness needs to be verified. A meta-analysis to provide a summary of studies that had investigated the efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for FSD. A systematic screening was conducted on electronic databases such as Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, and CBM to select studies that met the criteria before April 2023. We only included those studies assessing women's sexual functioning by the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). By calculating the relative risk (RR) using the standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI), these data were combined to generate a summary of the findings. The pooled results were calculated using a random-effects model. A total of 4 studies involving 178 participants were included, and the comprehensive results indicated a significant difference in FSFI scores between the acupuncture group and the control group. In the desire and arousal scale, there was a statistically significant difference between the acupuncture group and the control group. But in the scale of lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. A comparison of overall FSFI scores, sexual desire, and sexual arousal revealed that acupuncture treatment can improve female sexual dysfunction to some extent. However, in terms of vaginal lubrication, orgasm, sexual satisfaction, and sexual pain, acupuncture treatment did not significantly improve female sexual dysfunction. In the future, it is necessary to include more RCT trials and expand the number of patients analyzed to make the conclusions more reliable.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Acupuncture has potential in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), but its effectiveness needs to be verified.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
A meta-analysis to provide a summary of studies that had investigated the efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for FSD.
METHODS
METHODS
A systematic screening was conducted on electronic databases such as Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, and CBM to select studies that met the criteria before April 2023. We only included those studies assessing women's sexual functioning by the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).
OUTCOMES
RESULTS
By calculating the relative risk (RR) using the standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI), these data were combined to generate a summary of the findings. The pooled results were calculated using a random-effects model.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 4 studies involving 178 participants were included, and the comprehensive results indicated a significant difference in FSFI scores between the acupuncture group and the control group. In the desire and arousal scale, there was a statistically significant difference between the acupuncture group and the control group. But in the scale of lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
A comparison of overall FSFI scores, sexual desire, and sexual arousal revealed that acupuncture treatment can improve female sexual dysfunction to some extent. However, in terms of vaginal lubrication, orgasm, sexual satisfaction, and sexual pain, acupuncture treatment did not significantly improve female sexual dysfunction. In the future, it is necessary to include more RCT trials and expand the number of patients analyzed to make the conclusions more reliable.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37806029
pii: S0301-2115(23)00748-0
doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.09.026
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Meta-Analysis
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
29-33Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.