Meta-analysis on efficacy of external treatments of TCM for constipation of Parkinson′s disease
CAI Qiaodi1 ZHENG Chunye2 CHEN Xinjie1 LI Zhe2 LUO Xiaodong2
1.The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510405, China;
2.Department of Neurology, Fangcun Hospital of the Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510370, China
Abstract:Objective To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for constipation of Parkinson′s disease. Methods The randomized controlled trials (RTCs) about external treatment of TCM for constipation of Parkinson′s disease in databases such as CNKI, Wan fang, VIP, CBM, Cochrane Library, PubMed were searched by computer, and all literatures published from their establishment to September 30, 2018 were included. In the RTCs, external treatment + conventional treatment/other treatments were used in the observation group and conventional treatment/other treatments were used in the control group. RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta analysis of the clinical efficacy of external treatments of TCM for constipation of Parkinson′s disease. Results Eleven studies involving 833 patients were included, including 417 cases in the observation group and 416 cases in the control group. The meta analysis showed that: there was statistically significant difference in the clinical efficiency [RR = 1.24, 95%CI (1.11, 1.39), P = 0.0002], the cure rate [RR = 1.77, 95%CI (1.40, 2.23), P < 0.000 01], and the score of symptoms of constipation [MD = -1.41, 95%CI (-2.10, -0.71), P < 0.0001] between the two groups. There was no statistically significant difference in the pressure of rectal resting [SMD = 0.23, 95%CI (-0.72, 1.19), P = 0.63], the pressure of anal resting [SMD = -0.13, 95%CI(-0.56, 0.29), P = 0.54], and the pressure of anal canal systolic [SMD = 0.22, 95%CI (-0.17, 0.62), P = 0.26]. Conclusion The external treatment of TCM can obviously improve the symptoms of constipation in Parkinson′s disease. The clinical efficacy is exact, and it displays a promising application. However, due to the low quality of the literatures included and the small sample size, more large samples, multi-center, well-designed, high-quality, double-blind RCTs are still needed to verify its effectiveness further.
蔡巧娣1 郑春叶2 陈信捷1 李哲2 雒晓东2. 中医外治法治疗帕金森病便秘的Meta分析[J]. 中国医药导报, 2019, 16(16): 120-124.
CAI Qiaodi1 ZHENG Chunye2 CHEN Xinjie1 LI Zhe2 LUO Xiaodong2. Meta-analysis on efficacy of external treatments of TCM for constipation of Parkinson′s disease. 中国医药导报, 2019, 16(16): 120-124.