• Jun Tian, Li-Bing Hu, Miao Wu, Wen-Li Mo, Peng Wu, Yao-Hui Pu, Han-Chao Yang, and Yun Fan.
• Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Feb 4; 101 (5): e28735e28735.

BackgroundTo compare and rank the clinical effects of different acupuncture and acupuncture-related therapies on patients with poststroke cognitive impairment.MethodsWe evaluated the direct and indirect evidence from relevant studies using network meta-analysis. Eight databases were examined in order to find randomized controlled trials of acupuncture-related therapies for individuals with poststroke cognitive impairment. After 2 researchers independently scanned the literature, extracted the data, and assessed the risk of bias in the included studies, the data were analyzed using RevMan5.4, Stata15.0, and WinBUGS1.4.3 software.ResultsWe assess the benefits and drawbacks of various acupuncture-related therapies, rank the efficacy of various acupuncture-related therapies in the treatment of poststroke cognitive impairment, and describe the best acupuncture intervention approaches or combinations based on the available data.ConclusionThis study will contribute to the existence of data on the safety and efficacy of acupuncture-related therapies in the treatment of poststroke cognitive impairment, and it may aid clinical guideline makers in selecting the best acupuncture treatment for poststroke cognitive impairment.Registration NumberINPLASY2021120117.Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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