Integrated traditional and Western medicine for treatment of depression based on syndrome differentiation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials based on the Hamilton depression scale
| Autor: | Mei-jing Kou, Jia-xu Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Integrated traditional and western medicine MEDLINE Alternative medicine law.invention Pharmacotherapy Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine Hamd medicine Humans Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Medicine(all) business.industry Depression General Medicine Confidence interval Antidepressive Agents Meta-analysis Randomized controlled trials Drug Therapy Combination business Syndrome differentiation Drugs Chinese Herbal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 32(1):1-5 |
| ISSN: | 0254-6272 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0254-6272(12)60023-5 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo systematically review the benefits of integrated traditional and Western medicine therapies based on the Hamilton depression scale (HAMD) following syndrome differentiation of depression.MethodsWe searched six English and Chinese electronic databases for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on integrated traditional and Western medicine for treatment of depression. Two authors extracted data and independently assessed the trial quality. RevMan 5 software was used for data analyses with an effect estimate presented as weighted mean difference (WMD) with a 95% confidence interval (CI).ResultsSeven RCTs with 576 participants were identified for this review. All trials were eligible for the meta-analysis and were evaluated as unclear or having a risk of bias. Meta-analysis showed, compared with Western medicine alone, integrated traditional and Western medicine based on syndrome differentiation could improve the effect of treatment represented by the HAMD [WMD=−2.39, CI (−2.96,−1.83), Z=8.29, P |
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