Table 3 Outcomes for medication use, symptoms, and quality of life (data reported for three of seven studies)
From: Efficacy of acupuncture in children with asthma: a systematic review
Author (year) | Intervention | Medication use | Symptoms | Quality of life | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | |||||||||||
Before | After | Follow-up | Before | After | Follow-up | Before | After | Follow-up | Scale used | ||
Karlson and Bennicke (2013) [15] | Acupuncture | β-mimetics (puffs/24 h) 2.2 ± 2.1 | β-mimetics (puffs/24 h) 0.7 ± 1.1 | β-mimetics (puffs/24 h) 0.4 ± 1.0 | *Significant reduction in symptoms between groups at 3 months; however, no significant difference at 12 months | – | – | – | – | ||
IHS (μg/day)537 ± 260 | IHS (μg/day) 126 ± 209* | ||||||||||
No acupuncture | β-mimetics (puffs/24 h) 2.8 ± 4.2 | β-mimetics (puffs/24 h) 0.9 ± 1.3 | β-mimetics (puffs/24 h) 0.5 ± 1.0 | – | – | – | – | ||||
IHS (μg/day) 477 ± 271 | IHS (μg/day) 342 ± 287 | ||||||||||
Scheewe et al. (2011) [16] | Acupuncture | Controller (frequency/ day) 1 use: 23 | Controller (frequency/ day) 1 use: 9 | Controller (frequency/ day) 1 use: 4 | (Per day) Morning: 18 Day: 19 | (Per day) Morning: 13 Day: 13 | (Per day) Morning: 18 Day: 18 | Overall: 3.8 ± 0.7 | Overall: 4.3 ± 0.5 | Overall: 4.2 ± 0.6 | PAQLQ |
Activity: 3.2 ± 0.9 | Activity: 4.0 ± 0.8 | Activity: 3.9 ± 1.0 | |||||||||
Symptom: 3.5 ± 0.9 | Symptom: 4.2 ± 0.7 | Symptom: 3.9 ± 0.9 | |||||||||
≧2 uses: 18 | ≧2 uses: 25 | ≧2 uses: 36 | Night: 10 | Night: 7 | Night: 9 | Emotion: 3.8 ± 1.0 | Emotion: 4.5 ± 0.6 | Emotion: 4.3 ± 0.9 | |||
Trait: 32.4 ± 5.8 | Trait: 32.5 ± 8.2 | Trait: 29.1 ± 7.3 | STAIC | ||||||||
State: 41.5 ± 8.1 | State: 38.4 ± 8.7* | State: 37.6 ± 8.2 | |||||||||
No acupuncture | Controller (frequency/day) 1 use: 30 | Controller (frequency/ day) 1 use: 9 | Controller (frequency/ day) 1 use: 6 | (Per day) Morning: 13 Day: 11 | (Per day) Morning: 11 Day: 14 | (Per day) Morning: 18 Day: 15 | Overall: 3.4 ± 0.8 | Overall: 4.1 ± 0.6 | Overall: 3.9 ± 0.9 | PAQLQ | |
Activity: 3.2 ± 0.8 | Activity: 4.2 ± 0.7 | Activity: 4.0 ± 0.7 | |||||||||
Symptom: 3.7 ± 0.8 | Symptom: 4.2 ± 0.6 | Symptom: 4.1 ± 0.8 | |||||||||
≧2 uses: 13 | ≧2 uses: 26 | ≧2 uses: 34 | Night: 4 | Night: 4 | Night: 9 | Emotion: 4.0 ± 0.9 | Emotion: 4.5 ± 0.6 | Emotion: 4.3 ± 0.7 | |||
Trait: 36.4 ± 8.9 | Trait: 33.6 ± 10.0 | Trait: 30.4 ± 9.5 | STAIC | ||||||||
State: 45.2 ± 8.8 | State: 44.4 ± 9.2 | State: 42.5 ± 10.3 | |||||||||
Stockert et al. (2007) [18] | Laser acupuncture | β-mimetics (puffs/week) | β-mimetics (puffs/week) | – | – | – | – | 62.1 ± 20 | 54.9 ± 25.4 | 49.3 ± 23.8 | ACQ |
8.7 ± 15.4 | 9.1 ± 15.4 | ||||||||||
Placebo acupuncture | β-mimetics (puffs/week) | β-mimetics (puffs/week) | – | – | – | – | 47.8 ± 9.5 | 34.6 ± 16.6 | 38.7 ± 17.1 | ||
3.1 ± 6.2 | 3.7 ± 6.7 | ||||||||||