Effect of Acupuncture on Chronic Pain with Depression: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Basic information of 7 RCT studies.

No.	Author	Year	Sample (EG/CG)	Age (SD)		Gender (EG/CG)	Time since diagnosis (SD) (EG/CG)
				EG	CG
1. [51]	Wang	2012	60 (30/30)	51.5 (4.1)	50.3 (4.7)	—	—
2. [52]	Xiao	2015	48 (24/24)	53.17 (9.89)	50.58 (8.80)	8/16 (M/F)/10/14 (M/F)	—
3. [53]	Ma	2015	12 8 (64/64)	39.93 (12.93)	38.69 (14.19)	27/37 (M/F)/29/35 (M/F)	20.33 (12.76) m/20.00 (12.12) m
4. [54]	Luo	2018	84 (42/42)	57.15 (11.26)	57.39 (11.58)	22/20 (M/F)/23/19 (M/F)	42.31 (8.75) m/41.92 (8.32) m
5. [55]	Liu	2013	90 (45/45)	47 (8)	48 (8)	15/30 (M/F)/16/29 (M/F)	3.5 (1.8) m/3.2 (1.7) m
6. [56]	Cao	2008	60 (30/30)	20–70		23/37 (M/F)	0.5–30 y
7. [57]	Huang	2000	65 (30/35)	30.39 (7.01)		25/40 (M/F)	—

EG, experimental group; CG, control group; —, not available; m, month; y, year.