title: Effects from acupuncture in treating anxiety: integrative review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the scientific evidence that is available in the literature on the effects of acupuncture for treating anxiety and on the quality of such studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  the study is an integrative review of CINAHL, LILACS, PUBMED-PICO, SciELO, and The Cochrane Library between 2001 and 2014. Keywords anxiety, acupuncture therapy, acupuncture, and anxiety disorders were combined among themselves to ensure a wide search of primary studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  among 514 articles, 67 were selected to be fully read and 19 were included. Among these, 11 were found to have strong evidence levels. Among the six articles about randomized clinical studies, five were found to be of reasonable quality. Two studies used acupuncturist nurses to perform their interventions. Its results showed positive and statistically significant effects from using acupuncture for treating subjects with anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  acupuncture seems to be a promising treatment for anxiety; however, there is a need for improving the methodological quality of the research on this field.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sueli Leiko Takamatsu
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Goyatá
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carolina Costa Valcanti
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Avelino
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sérgio Valverde Marques Dos
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Hospital Unimed Poços de Caldas, Poços de Caldas, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Deusdete Inácio de
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Souza Junior
authors.affiliation: Curso de Enfermagem, Faculdade Pitágoras, Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Dorise Simão Lopes
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gurgel
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio de Souza
authors.initials: Fde S
authors.lastname: Terra
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans