Table 2.

Interventions and outcomes of included studies.

Study	Duration of treatment	Follow-up after treatment	Experimental treatment	Control treatment	Cure rate of intervention group	Cure rate of control group	Outcome measurement
Dong et al., 2012 [6]	5 weeks	6 months	Acupoint injection with scraping therapy (n = 60)	Western medicine: Meclofenoxate (n = 60)	46/60 (76.67%)	36/60 (60%)	Cure rate, improvement rate, follow-up at 1 and 6 months
Hong et al., 2011 [7]	1 month	Not reported	Moxibustion (n = 33) Acupuncture (n = 33)	Chinese patent medicine (n = 33)	20/33 (60.6%) 19/33 (57.6%)	8/33 (24.24%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Hui et al., 2006 [8]	1 month	1 year	Heat-producing needling (n = 35)	Western medicine: imipramine hydrochloride (n = 32)	20/35 (57.2%)	14/32 (43.8%)	Cure rate, total effective rate, follow-up at 1 month
Liu, 2007 [9]	3 weeks	Not reported	Enuresis patch (n = 30)	Western medicine: Meclofenoxate (n = 30)	18/30 (60%)	9/30 (30%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Karaman et al., 2011 [10]	4 weeks	6 months	Laser acupuncture (n = 57)	Placebo therapy: with a nonlaser light source (n = 26)	31/57 (54.4%)	3/26 (11.5%)	Complete improvement rate, partial improvement rate, mean number of weekly bedwetting episodes: the children were reevaluated 15, 30, 90, and 180 days after treatment
Ding et al., 2007 [11]	1 month	3 months	Enuresis patch (n = 42)	Western medicine: Meclofenoxate (n = 38)	25/42 (59.5%)	13/38 (34.2%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Tong and Zhan, 2009 [12]	1 month	Not reported	Suspended moxibustion (n = 30)	Chinese patent medicine (n = 30)	17/30 (56.7%)	10/30 (33.3%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Moursy et al., 2014 [13]	3 months	6 months	Laser acupuncture (n = 62)	Western medicine: desmopressin (n = 62) Combination therapy: acupuncture + desmopressin (n = 62)	33 /62 (53%)	35/62 (56.5%) 46/82 (74%)	Cure rate, improvement rate, mean weekly number of wet nights, MVV (maximum voided volume): the patients were evaluated once every 2 weeks for 3 months and once every 4 weeks for 6 months
Tian and Zhong, 2008 [14]	2 weeks	Not reported	Acupuncture (n = 116)	Chinese patent medicine (n = 112)	61/116 (52.59%)	47/112 (41.96%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Ling and Chen, 2011 [15]	1 month	Not reported	Acupoint injection (n = 30)	Chinese patent medicine (n = 30)	18/30 (60%)	15/30 (50%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Radmayr et al., 2001 [16]	6 months	Not reported	Laser Acupuncture (n = 20)	Western medicine: desmopressin (n = 20)	13/20 (65%)	15/20 (75%)	Response rate, partial response rate
Radvanska et al., 2011 [17]	5 weeks	Not reported	Laser acupuncture (n = 16)	Placebo therapy: without active laser light but with or without skin contact (n = 13)	Not reported	not reported	Wet nights/wk, voiding frequency, nocturnal urine production on wet nights MVV (maximal voided volume), AVV (average voided volume)
Yang et al., 2012 [18]	1 month	Not reported	Ear point tapping with medicinal cake-separated moxibustion (n = 35)	Chinese patent medicine (n = 34)	21/35 (60%)	12/34 (35.3%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Luo, 2010 [19]	3 months	Not reported	Acupuncture-massage (n = 20)	Chinese medicine (n = 20)	14/20 (70%)	4/20 (20%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Tang et al., 2012 [20]	2 weeks	1 month	Massage (n = 24)	Chinese medicine (n = 24)	16/24 (66.7%)	11/24 (45.8%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Qiu, 2008 [21]	1 month	Not reported	Ear point tapping (n = 31)	Chinese medicine (n = 25)	17/31 (54.8%)	15/25 (60%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Zhu et al., 2003 [22]	3 weeks	3 months	Acupoint injection (n = 41)	Western medicine: Meclofenoxate (n = 35)	19/41 (46.5%)	6/35 (17.1%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Zhang, 2010 [23]	1 month	Not reported	Medicinal cake-separated moxibustion with embedded needling (n = 40)	Western medicine: desmopressin (n = 40)	22/40 (55%)	6/40 (15%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Chen and Gu, 2003 [24]	2 weeks	Not reported	Acupoint injection (n = 40)	Chinese medicine (n = 32)	36/40 (90%)	14/32 (43.7%)	Cure rate, improvement rate
Yuksek et al., 2003 [25]	6 months	Not reported	Acupressure (n = 12)	Western medicine: oxybutynin (n = 12)	10/12 (83.3%)	7/12 (58.3%)	Complete improvement rate, partial improvement rate, follow-up at 15 days and 1, 3, and 6 months
Hong and Zhang, 2009 [26]	1 month	Not reported	Needle warming moxibustion (n = 15)	Chinese medicine (n = 15)	13/15 (86.7%)	5/15 (33.3%)	Cure rate, improvement rate