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. 2014 Feb 13;2014:672508. doi: 10.1155/2014/672508

Table 2.

Articles' levels of evidence using Oxford's level of evidence (n (%)).

Literatures Level
I II III IV V
Acupuncture for pain relief during delivery (n = 23) 0 20 
(87)
1 
(4.3)
2 
(8.7)
0
Acupuncture for the process of labor (n = 11) 0 9 (81.8) 0 2 (18.2) 0
Acupuncture for disorders of postpartum period (n = 31) 0 9 
(29)
2 
(6.5)
20 
(64.5)
0
Acupuncture for abortion (n = 3) 0 3 
(100)
0 0 0

Total (n = 68) 0 41 (60.3) 3 
(4.4)
24 (35.3) 0