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Acupuncture for corona virus disease 2019: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis
Yong Chen1, Chengcheng Zhu2, Zhangmeng Xu3
1Department of Emergency.
Insights
This study investigates acupuncture's effectiveness for treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It synthesizes evidence from randomized controlled trials to determine if acupuncture is a safe and beneficial therapy for COVID-19 patients.
Area of Science:
- Integrative Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Pulmonology
Background:
- The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) necessitates exploring diverse treatment options.
- Acupuncture, a traditional East Asian medical practice, has a long history of treating various diseases, including respiratory conditions.
- Its potential role in managing COVID-19 warrants systematic investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture as a treatment for patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
- To synthesize existing evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding acupuncture's impact on COVID-19 outcomes.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive literature search will be conducted across multiple databases, including Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, Chinese Science, and Wanfang.
- The search will encompass all available data without language or publication restrictions.
- Primary outcomes to be assessed include chest computed tomography (CT) findings and nucleic acid detection from respiratory samples.
Main Results:
- The study aims to provide a high-quality synthesis of the current evidence base.
- Findings will highlight the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for COVID-19 based on analyzed RCTs.
Conclusions:
- The synthesized evidence will inform whether acupuncture can be considered an effective treatment modality for individuals with COVID-19.
- This research contributes to understanding acupuncture's role in managing respiratory viral infections.
Background:
There is a worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), at present, accumulative attention has been paid to COVID-19 due to its global prevalence. Acupuncture may play a beneficial role in patients who suffer from COVID-19. In China and East Asia, acupuncture has been widely used to treat diverse diseases for thousands of years, as an important method of treatment now, it plays an indispensable role in the treatment of respiratory diseases in China. This study is designed to determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in COVID-19.
Methods:
We will search the following sources for the Randomized controlled trials (RCT): The Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Chinese Science, and the Wanfang Database. All the above databases will be searched from the available date of inception until the latest issue. No language or publication restriction will be used. Primary outcomes will include chest CT and nucleic acid detection of respiratory samples.
Results:
The results will provide a high-quality synthesis of current evidence for researchers in this subject area.
Conclusion:
The conclusion of our study will provide evidence to evaluate whether acupuncture is an effective treatments for patients suffering from COVID-19.
Prospero Registration Number:
CRD42020180875.
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