Acupuncture is one of the non-pharmacological methods for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). The progression of research evidence on acupuncture for OSAHS to high quality islimited by the defects in the outcome indicators of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture for OSAHS. Therefore, it is of reference value to analyze the outcome indicators of RCTs of acupuncture for OSAHS.

To analyze the outcome indicators of RCTs of acupuncture for OSAHS in the past 10 years, clarify the existing problems and provide suggestions for the guidance of further studies.

CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Clinical Trials.gov were searched for the RCTs of acupuncture for OSAHS from 2012-01-01 to 2022-11-18 with a combination of subject terms and free terms. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool was used to evaluate the quality of the included literature and sort out outcome indicators.

A total of 2 085 relevant papers were obtained from the preliminary search, and 12 papers were included after duplicating and multiple screening, and the outcome indicators were classified into traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome indicators, clinical symptom indicators, clinical efficacy indicators, neuroimaging indicators, polysomnography indicators, other examination indicators, serological indicators, life quality indicators and safety indicators. The most frequently reported outcome indicators were polysomnography indicators, followed by clinical symptom indicators.

The outcome indicators of RCTs of acupuncture for OSAHS have problems such as indistinguishable priorities, various clinical symptom indicators, inadequate application of serological indicators, limited safety evaluation, lack of standard for TCM characteristic syndrome differentiation indicators and long-term efficacy and economic evaluation. It is recommended to conduct more high-quality researches to strengthen the connection between TCM characteristic syndrome differentiation indicators, modern science and technology indicators and clinical studies, unify standard of syndrome differentiation of OSAHS, strengthen the awareness of conducting economic and safe clinical researches, so as to establish a core set of indicators of acupuncture treatment for OSAHS.

针刺是治疗阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征（OSAHS）的非药物方法之一，目前已发表的针刺治疗OSAHS随机对照试验（RCT）的结局指标存在一定缺陷，限制了研究证据向高质量发展的进程，分析针刺治疗OSAHS RCT的结局指标具有参考价值。

分析近10年针刺治疗OSAHS RCT的结局指标，指出其存在的问题，并给出相关建议，为后续研究提供指导。

检索中国知网（CNKI）、万方数据知识服务平台（Wanfang Data）、维普资讯中文期刊服务平台（VIP）、中国生物医学文献服务系统（SinoMed）、PubMed、Embase、Cochrane Library、Web of Science、中国临床试验注册中心（ChiCTR）、Clinical Trials.gov中针刺治疗OSAHS的RCT相关文献，检索时间为2012-01-01—2022-11-18，检索方式为主题词与自由词相结合。使用Cochrane偏倚风险评估工具评价纳入文献的质量后梳理结局指标。

初步检索获得相关文献共2 085篇，通过剔重、多重筛选后纳入文献12篇，结局指标可分为9类：中医病证指标、临床症状指标、临床疗效指标、神经影像学指标、多导睡眠图指标、其他检查指标、血清学指标、生活质量指标、安全性指标。结局指标报告频次最高的是多导睡眠图指标，其次是临床症状指标。

针刺治疗OSAHS RCT的结局指标存在主次不分、临床症状指标多样、血清学指标应用不足、安全性评价有限、缺乏中医特色辨证指标规范和远期疗效及经济学评价等问题。建议开展更多高质量研究，加强中医辨证论治特色指标和现代科技化指标与临床研究的联系，统一OSAHS辨证规范，强化开展经济、安全的临床研究意识，建立针刺治疗OSAHS的核心指标集。