2021 aastal läbiviidud suur metauuring erinevatest andmebaasidest näitas, et akupunktuurist on kasu ärevuse vähendamisel:

Effectiveness of acupuncture on anxiety disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

• PMID: 33516258
 
• PMCID: PMC7847562
 
• DOI: 10.1186/s12991-021-00327-5

Results: Twenty RCTs were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. All included studies were designed for patients with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), and 18 studies were published in Chinese. Egger's test showed that the asymmetry of the funnel plot in all studies was not significant (t = - 0.34, p = 0.74). The meta-analysis of anxiety symptoms showed that acupuncture was more effective than the control condition, with a standard mean effect size of - 0.41 (95% CI - 0.50 to - 0.31; p < 0.001), and that acupuncture intervention showed good tolerance and safety in the treatment of anxiety disorder.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that acupuncture therapy aimed at reducing anxiety in patients with GAD has certain beneficial effects compared to controls. More RCTs with high quality should be conducted to fully understand the role of acupuncture in the treatment of various types of anxiety disorder. The protocol of this review was registered at the Prospero International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (Registration ID: PROSPERO 2020CRD42020148536).