초록

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical studies which focus on acupuncture's effect on anxiety disorder.

Methods: We selected clinical studies through six databases.
We then examined the characteristics of the selected studies and conducted an assessment for Risk of Bias (ROB).

Results: Seventeen randomized-controlled trials were selected to determine the effects of acupuncture on anxiety disorders.
We found that the risk of bias in most studies was unclear.
The intervention of 7 seventeen randomized-controlled trials (RCT) was basic acupuncture, 8 RCT involved electric acupuncture, 2 RCT consisted of acupuncture and Moxibustion.
Four of the 7 basic acupuncture RCTs and 5 of the 8 electric acupuncture RCTs had a significant effect on anxiety factors for anxiety disorders.

Conclusions: Acupuncture treatment for anxiety disorders was found to be effective compared to the controls, or there was no difference in effectiveness compared to the controls.
However, the quality of the included studies was low, and there only were a small number of studies.
Therefore, well-designed studies and a greater number of the studies are needed.

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