title: [Meta-analysis on acupuncture for treatment of dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literatures of acupuncture for treatment of dementia are comprehensively searched in according with the demands of the evidence-based medicine (EBM), which are collected from relevant domestic medical literature databases in the last ten years. Meta-analysis is conducted on the literatures enrolled.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two randomized controlled trials are included, among them, 19 trials are carried out by Meta-analysis. The total OR is 3.72 [2.73, 5.07], and the funnel plot is approximately symmetry. It is indicated that the curative effect of acupuncture groups is better than the control groups (Z = 8.32, P < 0.00001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture therapy is effective on dementia according to the domestic clinical literatures. However, the quality of the studies needs further improving and increasing.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acupuncture and Massage, Liaoning University of TCM, Shenyang 110032, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Xi
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hong-Shu
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-Mi
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic