• Xiaoyan Wu, Weijun Jiang, Chunxiang Shi, Hui Qian, Xinguo Fan, and Ping Zhou.
• GuangHua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Dec 18; 99 (51): e23869.

BackgroundThe objective of this meta-analysis was to summarize and identify the available evidence from studies to estimate the clinical value of acupoint sticking combined with massage (ASM) in the treatment of functional dyspepsia (FD), and provide clinicians with evidence on which to base their clinical decision making.MethodsThis review will include all studies comparing clinical efficacy of ASM in the treatment of FD. The search strategy will be performed in 10 databases. We will not establish any limitations to language and publication status, published from inception to the August 2020. Two reviewers will screen, select studies, extract data, and assess quality independently. Outcome is alleviation of global dyspeptic symptoms, alleviation of individual dyspeptic symptoms, quality-of-life improvement, and safety. The methodological quality including the risk of bias of the included studies will be evaluated. We will carry out statistical analysis using RevMan 5.3 software.ResultsThis study will summarize current evidence to assess the efficacy and safety of ASM in the treatment of FD.ConclusionThe findings of this study will provide helpful evidence for the clinician, and will promote further studies, as well as studying the value of ASM.Registration NumberINPLASY2020110072 (DOI number: 10.37766/inplasy2020.11.0072).Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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