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The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: As a traditional Chinese medicine external treatment method, acupuncture is characterized by simple operation, significant treatment effect and few side effects. Dry eye, also known as conjunctival xerosis, refers to pathological changes in tissues of ocular surface caused by abnormal te...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xu, Fan, Yihua, Lan, Hongyi, Song, Yanjin, Shi, Zongyan, Zhang, Zhillong, Li, Xinju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32871915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021878
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author Wang, Xu
Fan, Yihua
Lan, Hongyi
Song, Yanjin
Shi, Zongyan
Zhang, Zhillong
Li, Xinju
author_facet Wang, Xu
Fan, Yihua
Lan, Hongyi
Song, Yanjin
Shi, Zongyan
Zhang, Zhillong
Li, Xinju
author_sort Wang, Xu
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description BACKGROUND: As a traditional Chinese medicine external treatment method, acupuncture is characterized by simple operation, significant treatment effect and few side effects. Dry eye, also known as conjunctival xerosis, refers to pathological changes in tissues of ocular surface caused by abnormal tear quality and quantity or dynamics due to various reasons, which can cause red and swollen eyes, congestion, and severe cases may result in lesions of the conjunctiva. Clinical practice shows that acupuncture has a certain therapeutic effect on dry eye, but there is a lack of medical evidence. The objective of the research carried out in this program is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with western medicine in the treatment of dry eye. METHODS: Computer retrieval English database (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library) and Chinese database (CNKI, WF, VIP, CBMDISC), moreover manual retrieval of clinical research on the treatment of dry eyes by acupuncture in combination with western medicine from Baidu academic and Google Academic from database building to May 2020, the quality included in the study was evaluated and data extraction was completed by 2 independent researchers. RevMan5.3 software was utilized for meta-analysis to the included literature. RESULTS: In this study, the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with western medicine in the treatment of dry eye were evaluated by several indicators, such as the score of the ocular surface disease index, the amount of tear secretion and the tear film rupture time. CONCLUSIONS: This study will provide reliable evidence for the clinical application of acupuncture combined with western medicine in the treatment of dry eyes. OSF REGISTRATION NUMBER: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/5DJ9W.
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spelling pubmed-74581892020-09-11 The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis Wang, Xu Fan, Yihua Lan, Hongyi Song, Yanjin Shi, Zongyan Zhang, Zhillong Li, Xinju Medicine (Baltimore) 3800 BACKGROUND: As a traditional Chinese medicine external treatment method, acupuncture is characterized by simple operation, significant treatment effect and few side effects. Dry eye, also known as conjunctival xerosis, refers to pathological changes in tissues of ocular surface caused by abnormal tear quality and quantity or dynamics due to various reasons, which can cause red and swollen eyes, congestion, and severe cases may result in lesions of the conjunctiva. Clinical practice shows that acupuncture has a certain therapeutic effect on dry eye, but there is a lack of medical evidence. The objective of the research carried out in this program is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with western medicine in the treatment of dry eye. METHODS: Computer retrieval English database (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library) and Chinese database (CNKI, WF, VIP, CBMDISC), moreover manual retrieval of clinical research on the treatment of dry eyes by acupuncture in combination with western medicine from Baidu academic and Google Academic from database building to May 2020, the quality included in the study was evaluated and data extraction was completed by 2 independent researchers. RevMan5.3 software was utilized for meta-analysis to the included literature. RESULTS: In this study, the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with western medicine in the treatment of dry eye were evaluated by several indicators, such as the score of the ocular surface disease index, the amount of tear secretion and the tear film rupture time. CONCLUSIONS: This study will provide reliable evidence for the clinical application of acupuncture combined with western medicine in the treatment of dry eyes. OSF REGISTRATION NUMBER: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/5DJ9W. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7458189/ /pubmed/32871915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021878 Text en Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Wang, Xu
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Shi, Zongyan
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Li, Xinju
The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
title The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short The efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort efficacy and safety of acupuncture or combined with western medicine for dry eye: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
topic 3800
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32871915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021878
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