Table 2
Matrix of mental health reviews (numbers=number of reviews)
| Depression | Anxiety | Stress | Insomnia/sleep | Distress (psychological) | Total* | ||||||
| Total number | High quality | Total number | High quality | Total number | High quality | Total number | High quality | Total number | High quality | ||
| Acupuncture-related | |||||||||||
| Acupuncture | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Auricular acupuncture | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Multiple | |||||||||||
| Complementary medicine (multiple) (did not separate complementary medicine in analysis) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Meditation/mindfulness | |||||||||||
| Mindfulness | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Meditation | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Exercise | |||||||||||
| Meditative movement | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| Qigong | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Tai chi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Yoga | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Homeopathy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Hypnosis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Music therapy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Relaxation | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Reflexology | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Reiki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Spinal manipulation | 0 | ||||||||||
| Massage/therapeutic touch | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Morita therapy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Total* | 36 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 48 (27) |
*Note that reviews can occur in more than one row/column