The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke : An Umbrella Review

Copyright © 2021 Caixia Hu et al..

BACKGROUND: An increasing number of systematic reviews/meta-analyses (SRs/MAs) of clinical trials have begun to investigate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing in patients with stroke. To systematically appraise and synthesize these results, we conducted an overview of SRs/MAs.

METHODS: Eight databases from their inception to April 2020 were searched to include all SRs/MAs on TCM nursing for stroke. Methodological quality assessment was performed using Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR-2) and evidence quality assessment was performed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE).

RESULTS: Eleven SRs/MAs regarding TCM nursing for stroke were included. The assessments with AMSTAR-2 indicated that the methodological quality of all included SRs/MAs was critically low. According to the evaluation results of GRADE, 10 (40%) outcomes were rated as critically low-quality evidence, 7 (28%) low-quality evidence, and 8 (32%) moderate-quality evidence. Descriptive analysis results showed that TCM nursing was effective for stroke.

CONCLUSIONS: All included SRs/MAs suggested positive findings of TCM nursing for stroke, but the credibility of the results is limited. Studies with methodologically rigorous and adequately powered are still needed in this field.

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2021

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Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM - 2021(2021) vom: 01., Seite 9918687

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Englisch

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Hu, Caixia [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Xiaohui [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Richun [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Minqing [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yuhua [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Changting [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 25.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1155/2021/9918687

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NLM328509825