Analyzing the Study of Using Acupuncture in Delivery in the Past Ten Years in China

Table 4

Articles’ levels of evidence using Oxford’s level of evidence (𝑛 (references)).

Literatures	Level
	I	II	III	IV	V
Acupuncture for pain relief during delivery (𝑛=23)	0	20; [3–22]	1; [23]	2; [24, 25]	0
Acupuncture for the process of labor (𝑛=11)	0	9; [26–34]	0	2; [35, 36]	0
Acupuncture for disorder of postpartum period (𝑛=31)	0	9; [37–45]	2; [46, 47]	20 [48–67]	0
Acupuncture for abortion (𝑛=3)	0	3; [68–70]	0	0	0