• 1. Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, P.R.China;
  • 2. The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510403, P.R.China;
  • 3. The Bao’an District TCM Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, 518133, P.R.China;
CHEN Guizhen, Email: cgzhen2000@163.com; XU Yunxiang, Email: xuyx1968@163.com
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Objective To overview the reporting and methodology quality of systematic reviews/meta-analysis on acupuncture in the treatment of primary osteoporosis (POP).Methods PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CBM, WanFang Data, CNKI and VIP databases were electronically searched to collect systematic reviews/meta-analysis on acupuncture in the treatment of POP from inception to July 2018. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the quality of systematic reviews. A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) methodological quality score and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) were used to assess the methodological quality and reporting quality of the systematic reviews, along with the risk of homogeneity and publication bias.Results A total of 11 systematic reviews/meta-analysis were included and multiple evaluations of the radar plot showed that the quality average rank scored 7.68. The major problems in studies were lack of items registration, imperfect search strategies and selection bias and so on.Conclusion The quality of systematic reviews/meta-analysis of acupuncture in the treatment of POP is insufficient, indicating that the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews should be further strengthened.

Citation: HUANG Fan, ZHAO Siyi, DAI Lin, LIN Xuxin, FENG Zitong, CHEN Guizhen, XU Yunxiang. Acupuncture therapy on primary osteoporosis based on radar plot: an overview of systematic reviews. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(5): 602-608. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201812008 Copy

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