PMID- 32256909
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200831
LR  - 20240328
IS  - 1918-1523 (Electronic)
IS  - 1203-6765 (Print)
IS  - 1203-6765 (Linking)
VI  - 2020
DP  - 2020
TI  - Is Acupuncture Another Good Choice for Physicians in the Treatment of Chronic 
      Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome? Review of the Latest Literature.
PG  - 5921038
LID - 10.1155/2020/5921038 [doi]
LID - 5921038
AB  - This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for chronic 
      prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). A search of PUBMED, EMBASE, 
      Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Web of Science, Chinese 
      Biomedicine Literature (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), 
      Wang-Fang Database, Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), and other 
      available resources was made for studies (up to February 2019). Searches were 
      limited to studies published in English and Chinese. Only randomized controlled 
      trials (RCTs) related to the efficacy and/or safety of acupuncture for CP/CPPS 
      were included. Two investigators independently evaluated the quality of the 
      studies. A total of 11 studies were included, involving 748 participants. The 
      results revealed that compared with sham acupuncture (MD: -6.53 [95% CI: -8.08 to 
      -4.97]) and medication (MD: -4.72 [95% CI: -7.87 to -1.56]), acupuncture could 
      lower total NIH-CPSI score more effectively. However, there are no significant 
      differences between acupuncture and sham acupuncture in terms of IPSS score. In 
      terms of NIH-CPSI voiding domain subscore, no significant differences were found 
      between acupuncture and medication. Compared with sham acupuncture (OR: 0.12 [95% 
      CI: 0.04 to 0.40) and medication (OR: 3.71 [95% CI: 1.83 to 7.55]), the results 
      showed favorable effects of acupuncture in improving the response rate. 
      Acupuncture plus medication is better than the same medication in improving 
      NIH-CPSI total score and NIH-CPSI pain domain subscore. In conclusion, the 
      evidence suggests that acupuncture may be an effective intervention for patients 
      with CP/CPPS. However, due to the heterogeneity of the methods and high risk of 
      bias, we cannot draw definitive conclusions about the entity of the acupuncture's 
      effect on alleviating the symptoms of CP/CPPS. The adverse events of acupuncture 
      are mild and rare.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Junjun Li et al.
FAU - Li, Junjun
AU  - Li J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2956-9079
AD  - Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Dong, Liang
AU  - Dong L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6628-2106
AD  - The Reproductive & Women-Children Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional 
      Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Yan, Xuhong
AU  - Yan X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4329-1325
AD  - Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Liu, Xiaozhang
AU  - Liu X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7361-9734
AD  - The Reproductive & Women-Children Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional 
      Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Li, Ying
AU  - Li Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6441-6860
AD  - The Reproductive & Women-Children Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional 
      Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Yu, Xujun
AU  - Yu X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5620-6783
AD  - Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
AD  - The Reproductive & Women-Children Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional 
      Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Chang, Degui
AU  - Chang D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1118-6907
AD  - Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20200309
PL  - United States
TA  - Pain Res Manag
JT  - Pain research & management
JID - 9612504
SB  - IM
MH  - Acupuncture Therapy/*methods
MH  - Adult
MH  - China
MH  - Chronic Pain/therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pain Management/*methods
MH  - Pelvic Pain/etiology/*therapy
MH  - Prostatitis/complications/*therapy
PMC - PMC7085851
COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding this work.
EDAT- 2020/04/08 06:00
MHDA- 2020/09/01 06:00
PMCR- 2020/03/09
CRDT- 2020/04/08 06:00
PHST- 2019/07/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/04/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/04/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/09/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/03/09 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2020/5921038 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Pain Res Manag. 2020 Mar 9;2020:5921038. doi: 10.1155/2020/5921038. eCollection 
      2020.