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Acupuncture to induce labor: a randomized controlled trial.

Caroline A Smith1, Caroline A Crowther, Carmel T Collins

  • 1School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Women's and Children's Health Research Institute, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. caroline.smith@uws.edu.au

Obstetrics and Gynecology
|November 4, 2008
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Acupuncture did not prove effective for inducing labor in postterm pregnancies. This randomized controlled trial found no significant difference in labor induction methods or duration between acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups.

Area of Science:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Background:

  • Postterm pregnancy often necessitates labor induction.
  • Acupuncture is explored as a potential method to facilitate labor induction.
  • Evidence regarding acupuncture's effectiveness for labor induction remains inconclusive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture in inducing labor for postterm pregnancies.
  • To compare acupuncture with sham acupuncture in a randomized controlled trial setting.

Main Methods:

  • Randomized controlled trial involving 364 women with postterm pregnancies.
  • Participants received two sessions of either acupuncture or sham acupuncture over two days prior to scheduled induction.
  • Primary outcomes assessed were the need for induction methods and time from intervention to delivery.

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Main Results:

  • No significant differences were observed in the need for various induction methods (prostaglandins, artificial rupture of membranes, oxytocin) between the acupuncture and sham groups.
  • The median time from intervention to delivery was similar in both groups (68.6 hours for acupuncture vs. 65 hours for sham).

Conclusions:

  • Manual acupuncture, administered two days before scheduled induction, did not reduce the need for labor induction methods in postterm pregnancies.
  • Acupuncture did not significantly shorten the duration from intervention to delivery for women with postterm pregnancies.