Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40626505›Full record

ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2025

Acupuncture for insomnia.

Lin Ang, Myeong Soo Lee, Tae-Young Choi, Ji Hee Jun, Eunhye Song, Hye Won Lee, Boram Lee, Jingyi Zhang, Liujiao Cao, Chan-Young Kwon and 2 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Lin AngKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Myeong Soo LeeKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Tae-Young ChoiKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Ji Hee JunKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Eunhye SongGlobal Cooperation Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Hye Won LeeKM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Boram LeeKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
Jingyi ZhangThe Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Liujiao CaoWest China School of Nursing/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Chan-Young KwonDepartment of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Dong-eui University College of Korean Medicine, Busan, Korea, South.
Qi WangDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Liang YaoLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia.

Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapySleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystematic Reviews as Topic

Identifiers

PMID40626505
PMCPMC12236059

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.