Table 2.
Pairwise comparisons of efficacy in RCTs.
| Treatment 1 | Treatment 2 | No. of comparisons | Heterogeneity test | Meta-analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 2 | P | RR (95%CI) | SMD (95% CI) | P | |||
| Total effective rate | |||||||
| Electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 5 | 0% | 0.918 | 1.19 (1.07, 1.32) | – | 0.002 |
| Abdominal acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 0% | 0.707 | 1.14 (1.01, 1.28) | – | 0.031 |
| Auricular electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 0% | 0.886 | 1.21 (1.06, 1.39) | – | 0.006 |
| Auricular pressure + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | 1.29 (0.00, 1.67) | – | 0.061 |
| Conventional acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 14 | 4.30% | 0.403 | 1.19 (1.12, 1.25) | – | <0.0001 |
| Auricular pressure + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 0% | 0.572 | 1.15 (1.02, 1.28) | – | 0.02 |
| Moxibustion + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | 1.30 (1.03, 1.65) | – | 0.026 |
| Hamilton Depression Scale score | |||||||
| Wrist-ankle acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −1.20 (−1.65, −0.75) | <0.0001 |
| Electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 9 | 86.90% | <0.0001 | – | −0.85 (−1.40, −0.30) | 0.002 |
| Abdominal acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 0% | 0.993 | – | −1.50 (−1.96, −1.05) | <0.0001 |
| Auricular electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 95.20% | <0.0001 | – | −0.73 (−2.16, 0.70) | 0.318 |
| Auricular pressure + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −0.56 (−1.08, −0.04) | 0.033 |
| Conventional acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 15 | 92.20% | <0.0001 | – | −1.54 (−2.00, −1.09) | <0.0001 |
| Electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 87.10% | 0.005 | – | −0.73 (−1.90, 0.44) | 0.222 |
| Eye acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −0.24 (−0.56, 0.07) | 0.128 |
| Moxibustion + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 0% | 0.871 | – | −1.61 (−2.01, −1.21) | <0.0001 |
| Self-Rating Depression Scale score | |||||||
| Wrist-ankle acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −0.92 (−1.36, −0.48) | <0.0001 |
| Acupressure + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −2.61 (−3.11, −2.11) | <0.0001 |
| Auricular pressure + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −2.30 (−2.96, −1.64) | <0.0001 |
| Electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −0.67 (−1.19, −0.15) | 0.012 |
| National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score | |||||||
| Moxibustion + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 1 | – | – | – | −1.95 (−2.52, −1.37) | <0.0001 |
| Abdominal acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 0% | 0.961 | – | −0.62 (−1.03, −0.21) | 0.003 |
| Conventional acupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 6 | 96.60% | <0.0001 | – | −1.11 (−2.12, −0.11) | 0.029 |
| Electroacupuncture + antidepressants | Antidepressants | 2 | 68.90% | 0.073 | – | −0.82 (−1.41, −0.23) | 0.007 |
Bold indicates statistically significant.