(a) Acupuncture around the time of oocyte retrieval or ET versus control (sham, placebo, no acupuncture) |
| | Study | Outcomes | Number of participants(studies) | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication-bias | Relative effect (95% CI) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) |
| | Junyong Jo 2017 | LBR | 66(1 RCT) | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | serious | RR 1.61(0.73,3.58) | LOW | | CPR | 430(4 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | not serious | RR 1.35(1.05,1.74) | LOW | | OPR | 164(2 RCTs) | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | serious | RR 1.99(1.06,3.74) | LOW |
| | Zheng CH 2012 | LBR | 1863(6 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.09(0.74,1.60) | LOW | | CPR | 5599(23 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.22(1.01,1.47) | LOW |
| | Fan Qu 2012 | LBR | 1990(6 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.42(0.92,2.20) | VERY LOW | | CPR | 3713(17 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.09(0.94,1.26) | LOW | | OPR | 2392(8 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.20(0.93,1.56) | LOW | | MR | 373(5 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | not serious | RR 0.95(0.68,1.35) | LOW |
| | Eric M 2013 | LBP | 3075(12 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.14(0.92,1.42) | LOW | | CPR | 4021(16 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.12(0.96,1.31) | LOW | | OPC | 3005(11 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.22(0.98,1.52) | LOW | | MR | 1070(12 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.09(0.85,1.40) | MODERATE |
| | Qian Y 2017 | LBR | 2331(9 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.17(0.80,1.72) | VERY LOW | | CPR | 6344(30 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.26(1.06,1.50) | LOW | | OPR | 3602(10 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.14(0.87,1.48) | LOW |
| | Yang HS 2017 | LBR | 1951(8 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.18(0.89,1.58) | LOW | | CPR | 2773(17 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.43(1.15,1.77) | LOW |
| | Yu J 2009 | LBR | 1333(6 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.28(0.91,1.79) | VERY LOW | | CPR | 2103(11 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | RR 1.34(1.09,1.66) | VERY LOW | | OPR | 1333(6 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.28(0.91,1.79) | VERY LOW |
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(b) Acupuncture before oocyte retrieval and∖or on the time of oocyte retrieval versus control (sham, placebo, no acupuncture) |
| | Study | Outcomes | Number of participants(studies) | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication bias | Relative effect (95% CI) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) |
| | Cheong YC 2013 | LBR | 464(2 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | OR 0.87(0.59,1.29) | LOW | | OPR | 464(2 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | OR 0.86(0.58,1.26) | LOW | | CPR | 912(6 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.12(0.78,1.62) | LOW | | MR | 262(4 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | not serious | OR 0.79(0.42,1.47) | LOW |
| | Zheng CH 2012 | LBP | 142(1 RCT) | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | serious | OR 2.08(0.96,4.50) | VERY LOW | | CPR | 699(4 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.12(0.82,1.52) | LOW |
| | Qian Y 2017 | CPR | 876(5 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.07(0.81,1.41) | LOW |
| | FU SJ 2016 | CPR | 835(7 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | OR 1.40(1.05,1.86) | LOW | | MR | 231(4 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | not serious | OR 0.69(0.26,1.86) | LOW |
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(c) Acupuncture on and around the day of ET versus control (sham, placebo, no acupuncture) |
| | Study | Outcomes | Number of participants(studies) | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication bias | Relative effect (95% CI) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) |
| | Cheong YC 2013 | LBR | 2505(8 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.22(0.87,1.70) | LOW | | OPR | 2807(10 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.10(0.80,1.52) | LOW | | CPR | 3632(14 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | OR 1.11(0.87,1.42) | LOW | | MR | 616(6 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | OR 1.10(0.73,1.67) | LOW |
| | Zheng CH 2012 | LBP | 1647(4 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 0.87(0.70,1.07) | LOW | | CPR | 4418(14 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.12(0.89,1.42) | LOW |
| | Tarek ET 2009 | CPR | 1993(9 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.16(0.92,1.48) | VERY LOW |
| | Shen CJ 2015 | CPR | 859(4 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | serious | RR 1.39(0.90,2.13) | VERY LOW |
| | Qian Y 2017 | CPR | 4513(16 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | OR 1.19(0.95,1.50) | LOW |
| | FU SJ 2016 | LBR | 1756(7 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.06(0.79,1.42) | VERY LOW | | CPR | 2668(10 RCTs) | serious | very serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | RR 1.07(0.86,1.33) | VERY LOW | | OPR | 1729(5 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | serious | RR 1.05(0.69,1.69) | VERY LOW | | MR | 772(6 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | serious | RR 1.15(0.83,1.59) | LOW |
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