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OBJECTIVE: To perform a literature review aimed to analyze if acupoint stimulation increases lactation quantity. METHOD: Studies were collected from five electronic databases following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews. Eligibility criteria were full-text articles in English or Spanish with clinical trial design and observational studies, with no restriction on time of publication, in which the effect of acupoint stimulation on improving the quantity of lactation by conventional acupuncture, electroacupuncture, laser, fire needling, manual stimulation, tuina or catgut had been evaluated. Two authors independently extracted data for the characteristics and main outcomes of the studies selected for inclusion. The risk of bias (RoB 2 and Robins-I) and the quality assessments (GRADE) were performed. For the quantitative synthesis, the standardized mean difference was calculated for each individual study selected and then the data were combined using a random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS: A total of 14 studies were included in the present review. Most of the included studies exhibited some concerns in the risk of bias assessment. The quality of the studies was moderate. The meta-analysis showed that manual acupoint stimulation improves the lactation quantity (SMD 95% CI = 1.63 [1.13-2.13]; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The literature suggests that manual stimulation of acupuncture points improves the amount of milk produced during lactation.
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Acupuncture Therapy , Lactation Disorders , Female , Humans , Acupuncture PointsABSTRACT
O aleitamento materno apresenta múltiplos benefícios para a saúde da mãe e do bebê. No entanto, muitos são os fatores que podem interferir na amamentação, destacando-se a percepção de baixa produção láctea. Há evidências de que a acupuntura auricular pode auxiliar nesse contexto. Este estudo tem o objetivo de avaliar por meio de ensaio clínico randomizado se a acupuntura auricular apresenta eficácia na manutenção do aleitamento materno exclusivo e complementado até os seis meses de vida do bebê. Trata-se de um estudo piloto randomizado. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa e foi registrada na Plataforma Rebec (Registro Brasileiros de Ensaios Clínicos). A pesquisa foi realizada no Banco de Leite Humano do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Foram incluídas 49 participantes com idade igual ou superior a 18 anos, que estavam entre o 5° e o 30° dia pós-parto e que tinham queixa de baixa produção láctea. As participantes foram randomizadas em três grupos: Acupuntura auricular, Acupuntura sham e Placebo. O estudo foi realizado em duas fases: fase de intervenção, no qual foram realizados 5 atendimentos de aleitamento materno para todos os grupos e aplicação da intervenção conforme a alocação da participante no grupo sorteado e a fase de seguimento telefônico em que realizamos ligações até os 6 meses de vida criança. As frequências absolutas e relativas foram calculadas para as variáveis qualitativas. As comparações entre os grupos no tempo basal para as variáveis qualitativas explicativas foram realizadas considerando o teste quadrado, já o teste não paramétrico de Kruskal Wallis foi aplicado para comparar os grupos em relação às variáveis quantitativas. Foram construídos modelos de regressão de efeitos mistos para comparar os tempos e os grupos em relação aos desfechos quantitativos e análise por protocolo. As participantes do grupo três (controle - cuidado usual) eram mais velhas, com média de idade de 36 anos (P-valor 0,0079), identifica-se que a acupuntura auricular teve evidência clínica no efeito protetivo do AME e AMC na fase de seguimento telefônico, pois 2 participantes do grupo de acupuntura auricular ainda amamentavam exclusivamente até os seis meses de vida do bebê de modo exclusivo e nos demais grupos nenhuma participante amamentava. Do ponto de vista estatístico não houveram diferenças significativas
Breastfeeding has multiple benefits for the health of mother and baby. However, there are many factors that can interfere with breastfeeding, the perception of low milk production, is being an important cause of early weaning among nursing mothers. In this sense Ear acupuncture can help to increase milk production. This study aims to evaluate, through a randomized clinical trial, whether auricular acupuncture is effective in maintaining exclusive and supplemented breastfeeding until the baby is six months old. This is a randomized pilot study. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee and was registered on the Rebec Platform (Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials). The research was realized at the Human Milk Bank of Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo. Forty-nine participants aged 18 years or over, who were between the 5th and 30th day postpartum and who complained of low milk production, were included. The Participants were randomized into three groups: intervention group, sham acupuncture and placebo. The study was carried out in two phases: intervention phase, in which 5 breastfeeding sessions were carried out for all groups and application of the intervention according to the participant's allocation in the drawn group and the telephone follow-up phase in which we made calls until 6 months of child life. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated for qualitative variables. Comparisons between groups at baseline for qualitative explanatory variables were performed using the chi-square test, while the non-parametric Kruskal Wallis test was applied to compare groups in relation to quantitative variables. Mixed-effects regression models were built to compare times and groups against quantitative outcomes and analysis per protocol. Participants in group three (control - usual care) were older, with a mean age of 36 years (P-value 0.0079), it is identified that auricular acupuncture had clinical evidence in the protective effect of exclusivebreastfeeding and complementary breastfeeding in the telephone follow-up 2 participants in the auricular acupuncture group still exclusively breastfed until the baby's six months of life and in the other groups none of the participants breastfed. From a statistical point of view there were no significant differences
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Humans , Breast Feeding , Acupuncture, Ear , Lactation DisordersABSTRACT
Se realizó un estudio de investigación-acción con salida a intervención terapéutica (cuanticualitativa), con el objetivo de facilitar el reflejo de bajada de la leche a través del uso de calor local (fomentos tibios) en 64 mujeres recién paridas y hasta los 7 días posteriores al parto en el Hospital General Docente Octavio de la Concepción y de La Pedraja, de Baracoa en el período de estudio de septiembre de 2016 a septiembre de 2017. Algunas de las variables estudiadas fueron: edad materna, escolaridad, ocupación, tiempo de bajada de la leche, ciclo de tratamiento, cantidad de aplicaciones y antecedentes que modifican la lactancia materna exclusiva (LME). Se logró que las mujeres tratadas con la técnica de calor local consiguieran bajada rápida de la leche, solo 4 mujeres necesitaron el uso de otras técnicas de medicina natural y tradicional (MNT)(AU)
An investigation-action study is carried out aiming a therapeutic intervention (quanti qualitative), with the objective of facilitating the reflection of the running of the milk through the use of local heat (lukewarm fomentation) in recently given birth to women and until the 7 days after the childbirth in the Educational General Hospital Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja, of Baracoa in the period of study of September 2016 September 2017. Some of the studied variables are: maternal age, scholarship, occupation, time of the running of the milk, treatment cycle, quantity of applications and antecedents that the LME modifies. It was achieved that the women treated with the technique of local heat to get quick running of the milk, only 4 women needed the use of other techniques of MNT(AU)
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Female , Lactation Disorders/therapy , Medicine, Traditional , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Evaluation Studies as TopicABSTRACT
Se realizó un estudio de investigación-acción con salida a intervención terapéutica (cuanticualitativa), con el objetivo de facilitar el reflejo de bajada de la leche a través del uso de calor local (fomentos tibios) en 64 mujeres recién paridas y hasta los 7 días posteriores al parto en el Hospital General Docente "Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja", de Baracoa en el período de estudio de septiembre de 2016 a septiembre de 2017. Algunas de las variables estudiadas fueron: edad materna, escolaridad, ocupación, tiempo de bajada de la leche, ciclo de tratamiento, cantidad de aplicaciones y antecedentes que modifican la lactancia materna exclusiva (LME). Se logró que las mujeres tratadas con la técnica de calor local consiguieran bajada rápida de la leche, solo 4 mujeres necesitaron el uso de otras técnicas de medicina natural y tradicional (MNT).
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Humans , Female , Adult , Breast Feeding , Lactation Disorders , Medicine, Traditional , CubaABSTRACT
La leche materna se considera el mejor medio de alimentación para el recién nacido, ya que aporta considerables beneficios tanto para el niño como para la madre, la familia y la sociedad en su conjunto, por ello su promoción se ha convertido en un objetivo para todos los Sistemas de Salud si se considera que su uso exclusivo es suficiente para permitir el crecimiento del lactante. La insuficiencia de leche o hipogalactia, es una enfermedad frecuente y se ha encontrado en la medicina tradicional posibilidades de enfrentarse a la misma con garantías de éxito y con los beneficios que ello produce basándonos en la larga tradición de esta milenaria medicina en este campo. Actualizar entonces el enfoque diagnóstico y terapéutico de la insuficiencia de leche desde la Medicina Tradicional y Natural (MNT) se convierte en una prioridad al ser esta efectiva, económica y permitir el progresivo perfeccionamiento de la atención primaria de salud(AU)
Breast milk is considered the best means of feeding in the newborn, as it provides significant benefits for the child and mother, family and society as a whole, so its promotion has become a target for all Health Systems considering that, its exclusive use is sufficient to the growth of the infant. Insufficient milk or lactation disorder is a common disease found in traditional medicine likely to face it with guarantees of success and the benefits that it produces based on the long tradition of this ancient medicine in this field. Update, the diagnostic and therapeutic approach of insufficient milk from the Traditional and Natural Medicine (MNT) becoming it in a priority to been more effective, economical and permits progressive development of primary health care