Intervention Protocol

Acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes

  1. Sylvie Dodin1,*,
  2. Genevieve Asselin2,
  3. Claudine Blanchet3,
  4. Carole Thiebaut4,
  5. Karine Gravel5,
  6. Isabelle Marc6,
  7. Elizabeth Maunsell7,
  8. Edzard Ernst8,
  9. Taixiang Wu9

Editorial Group: Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group

Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

Assessed as up-to-date: 12 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007410

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Dodin S, Asselin G, Blanchet C, Thiebaut C, Gravel K, Marc I, Maunsell E, Ernst E, Wu T. Acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD007410. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007410.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Université Laval, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Quebec, Canada

  2. 2

    Universite Laval, Chair for integrated approach to health, Quebec, Canada

  3. 3

    Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

  4. 4

    Laval university, Chair of integrated approach in health, Quebec, Canada

  5. 5

    Université Laval, Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Québec, Québec, Canada

  6. 6

    Université Laval, Department of Paediatrics, Quebec, Canada

  7. 7

    Hopital du Saint-Sacrement, Centre de recherche, Quebec, QC, Canada

  8. 8

    Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Complementary Medicine, Exeter, Devon, UK

  9. 9

    West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chinese Cochrane Centre, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Centre, INCLEN Resource and Training Centre, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

*Sylvie Dodin, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Laval, 45, Leclerc - Room D6-723, Quebec, G1L 2G1, Canada. sylvie.dodin@ogy.ulaval.ca.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

To determine whether acupuncture is efficacious and safe in reducing menopausal hot flushes and improving quality of life among affected women.

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