In the published article, there was a mistake in the original text. The second paragraph of 3.4.1 HAMA was displayed as “In Sun et al. (23) (n = 60) compared electroacupuncture combined with duloxetine (SNRI) to duloxetine alone; Liang and Liang (24) (n = 70) compared acupuncture combined with duloxetine (SNRI) to duloxetine alone; Ma et al. (25)'s study, the between-group difference in the change of HAMA scores after 6 weeks of treatment in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group (−5.00, 95%CI: −7.80 to −2.20; p = 0.0009) from baseline; however, the mean difference was not significant at weeks 2 (0.30, 95%CI: −2.56 to 3.16; p = 0.84) and 4 (−2.3, 95%CI: −5.11 to 0.51; p = 0.11) (shown in Table 2).”
The correct text should read: “In Sun et al. (23)'s study, the between-group difference in the change of HAMA scores after 6 weeks of treatment in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group (−5.00, 95% CI: −7.80 to −2.20; p = 0.0009) from baseline; however, the mean difference was not significant at weeks 2 (0.30, 95% CI: −2.56 to 3.16; p = 0.84) and 4 (−2.3, 95% CI: −5.11 to 0.51; p = 0.11) (shown in Table 2).”
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Keywords
somatic symptom disorder, SSD, persistent somatoform pain disorder, PSPD, acupuncture, meta-analysis
Citation
Zhao F, Wang W, Feng X, Li J, Gang W, Jing X, Chen H and Liang Y (2025) Correction: Effect of acupuncture on somatic symptom disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front. Med. 12:1717418. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1717418
Received
02 October 2025
Accepted
17 October 2025
Published
30 October 2025
Volume
12 - 2025
Edited and reviewed by
Shinsuke Hidese, Teikyo University, Japan
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*Correspondence: Ying Liang liangying1980@bjmu.edu.cnHuan Chen chen.huan@live.com
†These authors have contributed equally to this work
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