Acupuncture improves migraine and quality of life in patients with migraine: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A systematic review (SR) with meta-analysis (MA) was conducted to investigate acupuncture's efficacy in treating migraine and its impact on quality of life.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Databases, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP, and Wanfang were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from database inception to May 31, 2024. Statistical analyses were performed with Review Manager 5.4.1.

Results

We included 23 RCTs comprising 2295 patients. Compared with sham acupuncture, acupuncture reduced migraine duration (MD: - 4.36 h; 95% CI: - 8.07, - 0.64), the number of mean migraine attacks (MD: - 0.82; 95% CI: - 1.57, - 0.08), days with migraine per 4 weeks (MD: - 1.38; 95% CI: - 2.16, - 0.60), improved MSQ res

SUBMITTER: Lu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606803 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature