3.6.2. Comparative Effectiveness of the Acupuncture Modality in UPDRS-II

The probability of treatment as the best treatment option was presented through a measure called the P-score. The P-scores of the included modalities were as follows: BEEV (0.8971), ELEC (0.6685), MANU (0.5527), SHAM (0.3801), and CONV (0.0016). According to the P-score, BEEV was found to most likely be the best acupuncture modality for activities of daily life assessed by the UPDRS-II. The estimated effect size of each acupuncture modality compared to CONV via the NMA is presented in a treatment level forest plot and league table (Supplementary Materials Digital Content 7). In the treatment level forest plot and league table, the network estimate of the effect size (combining direct and indirect estimates) compared to CONV was as follows **(in favor of bold marks)**: **BEEV** (MD −6.07, 95% CI −9.41 to −2.72); **ELEC** (MD −4.50, 95% CI −6.19 to −2.80); **MANU** (MD −4.08, 95% CI −4.84 to −3.32); **SHAM** (MD −3.21, 95% CI −5.72 to −0.70). BEEV, MANU, ELEC, and SHAM were superior to CONV in the UPDRS-II. As UPDRS-II is a secondary outcome, we did not conduct an additional sensitivity analysis.
