Acupuncture for the anxiety and depression in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
The findings of this study suggest that acupuncture combined with western medicine may be considered a feasible treatment option for PD patients with anxiety or depression. However, because of limitations in the quality of the literature, further validation of this conclusion is warranted through future studies.
Authors
- You-Qi Nie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-9864)
- Huihui Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3854-7288)
- Zhong Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0475-9463)
- Weihai Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1632-3256)
- Bo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7452-5510)
- Zhixi Li
Institutions
- Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province (CN)
- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Jiangxi Pingxiang People's Hospital (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000042136
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.76