A systematic review of the efficacy comparison of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea
| Autor: | Peng Yang, Xiaohong Chen, Lu Dongming, Hongliang Tang, Fengshi He, Mingchen Ma, Kunyin Li, Xiongjiang Wang, Wantao Liang, Wenyan Liao, Jing Lin, Pingting Wu, Xian Huang, Qiaoming Mo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
China Clinical effectiveness Acupuncture Therapy Traditional Chinese medicine Menstruation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Dysmenorrhea Acupuncture medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Medicine Chinese Traditional Clinical treatment Advanced and Specialized Nursing business.industry Knowledge infrastructure During menstruation Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Systematic review Physical therapy Quality of Life Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Annals of palliative medicine. 9(5) |
| ISSN: | 2224-5839 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common symptoms in gynecology. It refers to people who experience lower abdominal pain, swelling, backache, or another discomfort before and after menstruation or during menstruation, which seriously affects the quality of life and work. Clinically, there are many methods to treat primary dysmenorrhea, among which acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are beneficial. This work aimed to test the efficacy of acupuncture and TCM in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea and hope to supply more reliable evidence for clinical treatment. METHODS We searched articles from the Wanfang database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure and collected the clinical, randomized, or quasi-randomized controlled trials of acupuncture compared with TCM for primary dysmenorrhea. We tested the quality and data of the included studies according to the Cochrane criteria and compiled detailed systematic reviews and meta-analysis. RESULTS Seven articles (including 492 patients) on acupuncture and TCM for primary dysmenorrhea were included in the systematic review. Seven studies were included in the final analysis, and there was no heterogeneity among the studies (P=0.98, I2=0%). The results showed that the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture was better than TCM (OR: 4.86, 95% CI: 2.84-8.33, Z =5.75, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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