Table 1 search strategy in PubMed database
No | Search items |
|---|---|
#1 | Acupuncture. Mesh |
#2 | Acupuncture therapy. ti. ab |
#3 | Acupuncture points. ti. ab |
#4 | Manual acupuncture. ti. ab |
#5 | Electroacupuncture. ti. ab |
#6 | Auricular acupuncture. ti. ab |
#7 | Auricular acupressure. ab |
#8 | Scalp acupuncture. ti. ab |
#9 | Body acupuncture. ti. ab |
#10 | 1 or 2–9 |
#11 | Randomized controlled trial. Mesh |
#12 | Controlled clinical trial. ti. ab |
#13 | Randomized. ti. ab |
#14 | Randomly. ti. ab |
#15 | Trial. ti. ab |
#16 | 11 or 12–15 |
#17 | Aged. Mesh |
#18 | Elderly. ti. ab |
#19 | Geriatric. ti. ab |
#20 | Old aged. ti. ab |
#21 | Aging. ti. ab |
#22 | 17 or 18–21 |
#23 | Insomnia. Mesh |
#24 | Sleeplessness. ti. ab |
#25 | Insomnia Disorder. ti. ab |
#26 | Insomnias. ti. ab |
#27 | Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders. ti. ab |
#28 | Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep. ti. ab |
#29 | Sleep Initiation Dysfunction. ti. ab |
#30 | Dysfunction, Sleep Initiation. ti. ab |
#31 | Dysfunctions, Sleep Initiation. ti.ab |
#32 | Sleep Initiation Dysfunctions. ti.ab |
#33 | 23 or 24–32 |
#33 | #10 and #16 and #22 and #33 |