Electroacupuncture for post-stroke depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Front Neurol · 2025 · PMC12576895 · PMID 41180533

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The G1 domain showed a marginally significant effect ( p = 0.07), while no statistically significant difference was found in the social relationships domain ( p = 0.45) ( Figure 16 ).

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Subgroup analysis ( Figure 4 ) indicated that electroacupuncture was significantly more effective than simple acupuncture (MD = −6.12, p < 0.00001), but its effect did not reach statistical significance when compared to oral medication (MD = −1.76, p = 0.12).

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