Review Article
Acupuncture for Quality of Life of Patients with Defecation Dysfunction after Sphincter Preserving Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review
Table 1
Characteristics of clinical studies.
| | Study ID | Location | Study design | Diagnostic criteria | Sample size | Age | Sex (male) | Intervening | Course of treatment | Outcome | Risk of bias | | Experimental | Control | Experimental | Control | Experimental | Control | Experimental | Control | Experimental | Control |
| | Yi Wang, 2018 | China | RCT | (1) | 35 | 35 | 60.06 ± 8.97 | 60.07 ± 9.22 | 18 | 18 | Moxibustion plus biofeedback | Biofeedback | 30D | 30D | Defecation score | High risk | | Xia Hong, 2019 | China | RCT | (1) | 40 | 40 | 50.92 ± 8.77 | 51.43 ± 9.51 | 22 | 24 | Moxibustion plus biofeedback | Levator ani exercise | 60D | 60D | LARS, QLQ-C30 | Medium risk | | Shengzhu Yu, 2011 | China | RCT | (1) | 23 | 23 | 51.3 | 53.8 | 15 | 14 | Moxibustion plus Chinese herb | Drug | 14D | 14D | KPS | High risk | | Yadan Xiao, 2017 | China | RCT | (1) | 23 | 20 | 57.86 ± 10.80 | 60.00 ± 9.19 | 12 | 15 | Acupuncture plus biofeedback | Biofeedback | 18D | 18D | Defecation score | Medium risk | | Jiaying Zhao, 2020 | China | RCT | (1) | 40 | 40 | 67.82 ± 9.04 | 68.18 ± 9.53 | 17 | 21 | Acupuncture plus biofeedback | Biofeedback | 60D | 60D | QLQ-C29 | Medium risk | | Jiaying Zhao, 2018 | China | RCT | (1) | 60 | 60 | 66.73 ± 9.35 | 65.86 ± 8.74 | 36 | 32 | Electropuncture | Levator ani exercise | 60D | 60D | QLQ-C29, CCF-FIS | Medium risk |
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Note. (1) Sphincter preserving surgery for rectal cancer; KPS: Karnofsky performance status.
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