Table 1 Basic information of the included clinical studies
Study | Junkui Yin | Albert Lomuscio | Baozhen Xu | Ying Jiao | Baode Han | Yuanzeng Zhang | Yuanshi Xia | Yahong Yan | Li Chen | Hongke Xu | Xuhai Wang |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD) | 61.6 ± 10.6 | – | 63 ± 7 | – | 64 | – | – | 52.1 ± 6.7 | 62.3 ± 5.4 | 58.9 ± 10.5 | – |
Gender (male:female) | 53:32 | – | 58:50 | 243:189 | 64:50 | – | – | 34:26 | 32:28 | 52:28 | – |
Classification | Persistent | Persistent | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm | Paroxysm |
AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | AF | |
Duration of treatment | 20 min | 15–20 min | 30 min | 24 h | 30 min | 20 min | Pull out after the treatment | 30 min | 24 h | 1 h | – |
Intervention | Needle pricking & Amiodarone | Needle pricking | Needle pricking & Wenxin Granules | Needle pricking | Needle pricking & Digilanid C | Needle pricking | Needle pricking & Digilanid C | Needle pricking & Cardiox | Needle pricking & Amiodarone | Needle pricking | Needle pricking |
Participants | 85 | 80 | 108 | 432 | 114 | 71 | 90 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 54 |
Study design | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study | Randomized; parallel-group clinical study |
Study location | China | South Korea | China | China | China | China | China | China | China | China | China |
Year | 2019 | 2011 | 2015 | 1997 | 2012 | 2003 | 2014 | 2014 | 2012 | 2007 | 2007 |