Table 5 Continuous outcomes on last day of treatment from original studies (*included in pooling)
Studies (author, year) | Number of subjects, intervention | Outcome measurement | Outcomes (mean + SD) | Included in pooling | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Treatment group | Comparator | Â | Treatment group | Comparator | Â |
Belluomini 1994 | Acupressure P6 N = 30 | Sham acupressure point N = 30 | Rhodes Index scores | 5.80 ± 2.9 | 7.04 ± 2.6 | * |
Nausea scores: | ||||||
Belluomini 1994 | Acupressure P6 N = 30 | Sham acupressure point N = 30 | Rhodes Index scores | 1.28 ± 1.9 | 1.63 ± 2.3 | * |
Emesis scores: | ||||||
Belluomini 1994 | Acupressure P6 N = 30 | Sham acupressure point N = 30 | Total | 8.69 ± 5.0 | 10.03 ± 4.6 | * |
Werntoft 2001 | Acupressure P6 N = 20 | Sham acupressure N = 20 | VAS | 4.2 ± 2.6 | 5.9 ± 2.4 | * |
Degree of nausea | ||||||
Werntoft 2001 | Acupressure P6 N = 20 | No treatment N = 20 | VAS | 4.2 ± 2.6 | 6.5 ± 2.2 |  |
Mean degree of nausea | ||||||
Jamigorn 2007 | Acupressure P6 + placebo tablets N = 33 | Sham acupressure + Vit B6 N = 33 | Rhodes index score, Improvement in nausea, vomiting and retching | 4.1 ± 1.8 | 5.3 ± 2.1 | * |
Saberi 2013 | Acupressure P6 N = 48 | No treatment N = 45 | Rhodes Index scores | 4.25 ± 3.38 | 5.66 ± 3.10 | * |
Vomiting | ||||||
|  | Nausea | 8.03 ± 4.11 | 7.08 ± 3.0 | * | ||
Retching | 3.66 ± 2.47 | 4.48 ± 2.25 |  | |||
Total | 14.56 ± 8.66 | 17.23 ± 6.91 | * | |||
Smith 2002 | Traditional acupuncture N = 148 | Sham Acupuncture N = 148 | Nausea | 3.4 ± 3.0 | 3.7 ± 2.8 | * |
|  | Dry retching | 0.8 ± 1.4 | 0.9 ± 1.4 |  | ||
Vomiting | 0.9 ± 1.5 | 1.0 ± 1.6 | * | |||
Smith 2002 | TCM Acupuncture N = 148 | Acupressure P6 N = 148 | Rhodes Index scores: | 3.4 ± 3.0 | 4.0 ± 3.3 |  |
Nausea | ||||||
|  | Dry retching | 0.8 ± 1.4 | 0.9 ± 1.3 |  | ||
Vomting | 0.9 ± 1.5 | 0.9 ± 1.8 |  | |||
Smith 2002 | Traditional acupuncture N = 148 | No treatment N = 149 | Rhodes Index scores | 3.4 ± 3.0 | 5.0 ± 3.0 |  |
Nausea | ||||||
|  | Dry Retching | 0.8 ± 1.4 | 1.6 ± 1.7 |  | ||
Vomiting | 0.9 ± 1.5 | 1.4 ± 2.0 |  | |||
Mao 2009 | Acupuncture + IV therapy N = 30 | IV fluid therapy + Chinese herbal medicine N = 30 | Ketones | 1.20 ± 0.41 | 1.53 ± 0.68 |  |
Mao 2009 | Acupuncture + IV therapy N = 30 | IV fluid therapy + conventional therapy N = 30 | Ketones | 1.20 ± 0.41 | 1.60 ± 0.72 |  |
Ou 2001 | Ear acupressure N = 30 | Chinese herbal medicine N = 30 | Vomiting | 3.53 ± 1.72 | 1.33 ± 1.69 | * |
|  | Ketones | 1.47 ± 1.66 | 0.67 ± 1.32 |  | ||
Main symptoms | 18.4 ± 11.02 | 12.13 ± 9.67 | * | |||
Puangsricharern 2008 | Auricular acupressure N = 45 | No treatment N = 46 | Mean Rhodes index Nausea and vomiting scores | 7.7 ± 4.9 | 11.3 ± 9.2 | * |