4.2.2. Acupuncture has shown evidence for improving mood and sleep
depression, sexual dysfunctions, PMD, anxiety
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The results of ITT and PP analyses in the current trial were consistent across most outcome measures, we therefore focus our discussion on ITT results.From baseline to post-treatment, HAM-DDespite satisfactory short- and medium- term efficacy, the long-term efficacy of acupuncture is not supported. In contrast, Li et al. reported that, for PMD, acupuncture had excellent longstanding anti-depressive efficacy, better than Escitalopram (Accumulated evidence demonstrated that stressful life events not only exacerbate somatic symptoms of menopause (The associations between depression and somatic symptoms, and sleep and anxiety are well-established, and PMD and PMI are susceptible to vasomotor symptoms, sexual dysfunctions, and/or muscles and joints pains (