Acupuncture for premature ejaculation: Protocol for a systematic review

Medicine
Qi ZhaoBin Wang

Abstract

Premature ejaculation is a common sexual dysfunction disease in adult males. It can be divided into primary and secondary premature ejaculation. Acupuncture is widely used in the treatment of premature ejaculation in China. There are many clinical trials confirmed that acupuncture can prolong the ejaculation latency in the vagina. We aim to use a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for premature ejaculation. We will systematically search all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) by electronic and manual search, until June 31, 2018. Electronic retrieval of the database includes Medline, EMBASE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, the Cochrane Library, the Chinese BioMedical Literature Database, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), the China Science and Technology Journal database (VIP), and the Wanfang database. Manual search will retrieve gray literature, including unpublished conference articles. The primary outcomes include the Intravaginal Ejaculatory Latency Time (IELT). At the same time, Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT), Arabic index of Premature Ejaculation (AIPE), Index of Premature Ejaculation (IPE...Continue Reading

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