Adjuvant Effects of Health Education of Chinese Medicine for Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Joint Authors
Xu, Hao
Liu, Jian-Ping
Chen, Keji
Wang, An-Lu
Zhang, He
Zhang, Jie
Zhang, Yan
Cao, Huijuan
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-03-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To evaluate the adjuvant effects of health education of Chinese medicine (HECM) for patients with three types of common noncommunicable diseases (NCD-hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease (CHD)).
Methods.
The protocol of this review was registered in the PROSPERO website (CRD42017058325).
Six databases were searched till Sep.
30, 2019.
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing HECM plus conventional therapy with conventional therapy were retrieved.
Participants were diagnosed as one of the 3 above NCDs.
HECM is regarded as lectures and classes about diet therapy, exercise therapy, emotion balance, and other knowledge according to Chinese medicine theory.
The control rate of the disease was defined as a primary outcome in this review.
Outcomes were synthesized using meta-analyses where reporting was sufficiently homogeneous or alternatively synthesized in a systematic review.
Results.
In total, 12 trials with 1142 patients were included in this review.
Since all the trials may have unclear or high risk of bias, only low quality evidence could be found for supporting the adjunctive effect of HECM in treating hypertension, diabetes, and CHD, to reduce the control rate (risk ratio −1.58), the blood pressure level (mean difference −9.38 mmHg), the fasting plasma glucose level (mean difference −1.26 mmol/L), and the symptoms of angina.
Conclusion.
The adjunctive effect of HECM on increasing the control rate of hypertension, improving the symptoms of diabetes and CHD, was only supported by low-quality evidence in this review.
More rigorous trials with larger sample sizes and higher quality are warranted to provide a high quality of evidence.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, An-Lu& Zhang, He& Zhang, Jie& Zhang, Yan& Cao, Huijuan& Liu, Jian-Ping…[et al.]. 2020. Adjuvant Effects of Health Education of Chinese Medicine for Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155906
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, An-Lu…[et al.]. Adjuvant Effects of Health Education of Chinese Medicine for Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155906
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, An-Lu& Zhang, He& Zhang, Jie& Zhang, Yan& Cao, Huijuan& Liu, Jian-Ping…[et al.]. Adjuvant Effects of Health Education of Chinese Medicine for Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155906
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1155906