The Comparative Efficacy of Multiple Acupuncture for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis

Table 6

Pairwise meta-analysis of improvement of ADL.

Comparison		Number	WMD (95% CI)	I^2
EA + CM	CM	1	8.01 (3.23, 12.79)	—	—
MA + CM	CM	5	3.90 (2.29, 5.52)	66.6%	0.018
SA + CM	CM	2	4.49 (–4.17, 13.15)	96.8%	<0.00001
FA + CM	CM	1	1.63 (0.11, 3.15)	—	—
EA	CM	1	0.48 (–4.30, 3.34)	—	—
MA	CM	7	1.92 (1.31, 2.52)	0%	0.709
SA	CM	3	3.17 (1.49, 4.85)	0%	0.658
WA	MA	2	1.82 (1.15, 2.49)	0%	0.413
SA + CM	SA	1	4.90 (2.06, 7.74)	—	—

Notes.Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electroacupuncture, FA: fire acupuncture, WA: warm acupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, CM: conventional medicine, and ADL: activities of daily living.