Summary of findings 2. Acupuncture on the day of ET versus control for women undergoing ART.
| Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer (ET) versus control for women undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) | ||||||
| Population: women undergoing ART Intervention: Acupuncture on the day of ET versus control (sham, placebo, no acupuncture) | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No of Participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| Control | Acupuncture on the day of ET versus control | |||||
| Live birth rate | 281 per 1000 | 323 per 1000 (254 to 399) | OR 1.22 (0.87 to 1.7) | 2505 (8 studies) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low1,2,3 | No significant difference in live birth rate was found between the two groups |
| *The basis for the assumed risk is the median control group risk across studies. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio; | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate. Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate. | ||||||
1 Two studies did not describe method of random sequence generation; six did not clearly describe method of allocation concealment 2 High statistical heterogeneity (I‐squared =69%) 3 Wide confidence intervals