Table 4: Dichotomous outcomes from original studies (*included in pooling).
Studies
Number of subjects,
Outcome
Outcomes
Included
(Author,
intervention
measurement
Cured rate n/N (%)
in
Year)
pooling
Treatment
Comparator
Treatment group
Comparator
32/119 (26.89 %)
17/112 (15.18%)
32/119 (26.89 %)
15/119 (12.60 %)
42/65 (64.6%)
25/65 (38.5%)
*
34/48 (71 %)
31/49 (63 %)
*
24/43 (55.81 %)
14/38 (36.84 %)
*
group
Dundee
Acupressure
Sham
Emetic symptoms:
1988
P6
acupressure
cured rate based on
N = 119
N= 112
subjective report
Dundee
Acupressure
No treatment
Emetic symptoms:
1988
P6
N = 119
cured rate based on
N = 119
Jiang 2012
Norheim 2001
Neri 2005
*
subjective report
Acupressure
Conventional
Nausea, vomiting, rate
P6 + ear
IV fluid
of food intake,
acupressure
therapy
ketonuria: Cured rate
N = 65
N = 65
Acupressure
Placebo
Intensity of symptoms:
P6
acupressure
VAS. Improved rate.
N = 48
N=49
Acupuncture
Metocloprami
Vomiting episodes:
+ P6
de infusion +
improved rate after
acupressure
Vit B 12
N = 43
complex
session 3
N = 38
Zhang 2005
Acupuncture +
Chinese herbal
NVP, ketones,
moxibustion
medicine
electrolytes, rate of food
(AMC)
N = 50
intake: cured rate
Acupuncture +
IV fluid
NVP, ketones,
moxibustion
therapy +
electrolytes, rate of food
(AMC)
conventional
intake: cured rate
N = 50
therapy
21/50 (42 %)
9/50 (15.25 % )
21/50 (42 %)
5/50 (9.09 %)
*
38/47 (80.85 %)
23/47 (48.93 %)
*
41/53 (77.35 %)
17/42 (0.47 %)
*
27/30 (90 %)
3/30 (10 %)
N = 50
Zhang 2005
N = 50
Liu 2007
Wang 2008
Mao 2009
Acupuncture +
IV fluid
Treatment effect:
IV therapy
therapy
Nausea, vomiting, food
N = 47
N = 47
intake
Acupuncture +
IV fluid
Nausea, vomiting,
IV therapy
therapy
electrolytes
N = 53
N = 42
Acupuncture +
IV fluid
Total treatment effect:
IV therapy
therapy +
electrolytes and
N = 30
Chinese herbal
vomiting rate: cured rate
medicine
N = 30
Mao 2009
Acupuncture +
IV fluid
Ketones:
IV therapy
therapy +
cured rate
N = 30
conventional
27/30 (90 %)
4/30 (13.33 %)
*
20/30 (66.67 %)
19/30 (63.33 %)
*
28/30 (93.3 %)
10/30 (33.33 % )
*
3/30 (10.0 % )
3/30 (10.0 % )
*
146/151 (96.7%)
89/151 (58.9%)
*
therapy
N = 30
Liu 2011
Ma 2013
Ou 2001
TCM
TCM
Nausea and vomiting,
Acupuncture
Moxibustion
ketones, rate of food
N = 30
N = 30
intake: cured rate
Acupuncture +
IV fluid
Total treatment effect:
IV therapy
therapy
ketones, vomiting rate:
N = 30
N = 30
cured rate
Ear
Chinese herbal
Total treatment effect:
acupressure
medicine
electrolytes, nausea
N = 30
N = 30
and vomiting rate: cured
rate
Fan 1995
TCM moxa
Chinese herbal
Nausea and vomiting
N = 151
decoction
Total: Cured rate
N= 151
Xu 2009
Lu 2012
TCM moxa
IV fluid
Nausea and vomiting,
N = 26
therapy
ketones, rate of food
N = 25
intake: Cured rate
TCM Moxa +
IV fluid
Nausea and vomiting,
IV fluid +
therapy +
ketones, rate of food
conventional
conventional
intake: Cured rate
therapy
therapy
N = 32
N = 32
17/26 (65.38 %)
9/25 (36.0 %)
*
10/32 (31.25 %)
5/32 (15.62 %)
*