Table 1.
Classification of Sham Acupressure Methods.
Fig 1.
Flow Chart of Study Selection.
CENTRAL: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine, FMJS: Foreign Medical Journal Service, CNKI: China National Knowledge Infrastructure, CQVIP: Chinese Scientific Journal Database, CBM: Chinese Biomedical Literature Database
Table 2.
Characteristics of the Included Studies.
Table 3.
True and Sham Acupressure Protocols of the Included Studies.
Table 4.
Summary of the Therapeutic Outcomes based on Different Sham Acupressure Types.
Table 5.
Summary of the Therapeutic Outcomes based on Different Health Problems and Treatment Durations.
Table 6.
Results of Response Rates for Studies Presenting Dichotomous Data.
Table 7.
Summary of Dropout Rate Reported in the Included Studies.