Research Article

Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture for Insomnia: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Table 1

Search strategy for the PubMed database.

QuerySearch term

# 1Dyssomnias [Mesh]
# 2Dyssomnias [Title/Abstract] OR insomnia [Title/Abstract] OR sleep disorders [Title/Abstract] OR sleep initiation and maintenance disorders [Title/Abstract] OR wakefullness [Title/Abstract] OR somnipathy [Title/Abstract]
# 3#1 OR #2
# 4Aricular acupuncture [Mesh] OR ear acupuncture[Mesh]
# 5Auricular acupuncture [Title/Abstract] OR ear acupuncture [Title/Abstract] OR auricular acupressure[Title/Abstract] OR auricular therapy[Title/Abstract] OR acupressur [Title/Abstract] OR auricular [Title/Abstract] OR auriculotherap [Title/Abstract] OR auriculotherapy [Title/Abstract] OR auricular needle [Title/Abstract] OR Otoneedle [Title/Abstract]
# 6#4 OR #5
# 7Meta-analysis as Topic [Mesh]
# 8Systematic review[Title/Abstract] OR meta-analysis [Title/Abstract] OR meta-analyses [Title/Abstract]
# 9#7 OR #8
# 10#3 AND #6 AND #9