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Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a common problem in children and causes many economic and social burdens. In Asian countries, East Asian traditional medicine (EATM) therapies are widely used for children with ISS. In this study, we compared and ranked various EATM therapies for the tre...

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Autores principales: Lee, Boram, Kwon, Chan-Young, Jang, Soobin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35145854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2022.100832
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description BACKGROUND: Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a common problem in children and causes many economic and social burdens. In Asian countries, East Asian traditional medicine (EATM) therapies are widely used for children with ISS. In this study, we compared and ranked various EATM therapies for the treatment of pediatric ISS using network meta-analysis. METHODS: Randomized controlled trials that evaluated various EATMs for pediatric ISS were found through searching 14 electronic databases. The primary outcome was growth velocity (GV). The comparative effectiveness of the treatments was ranked based on the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) and the risk of bias was assessed. The quality of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations approach. RESULTS: Fourteen studies comprising 1,066 participants were included. HM plus GH showed statistically significant superiority over other EATM therapies including acupuncture (weighted mean difference (WMD) 3.20 cm, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.40 to 5.99) and HM (WMD 3.70 cm, 95% CI 1.41 to 5.99) for improving GV per year, although there was no difference compared with GH alone (WMD 1.18 cm, 95% CI -0.27 to 2.63). SUCRA indicated that HM plus GH was the most effective therapy for increasing GV, followed by GH, HM plus acupressure, and HM. No serious adverse events were reported. CONCLUSION: For the treatment of ISS, HM plus GH might have a large beneficial effect and might be a better option than EATM therapies and GH alone. However, more long-term, high-quality trials are warranted to confirm the findings. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/), CRD42020187160.
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spelling pubmed-88019982022-02-09 Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis Lee, Boram Kwon, Chan-Young Jang, Soobin Integr Med Res Review Article BACKGROUND: Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a common problem in children and causes many economic and social burdens. In Asian countries, East Asian traditional medicine (EATM) therapies are widely used for children with ISS. In this study, we compared and ranked various EATM therapies for the treatment of pediatric ISS using network meta-analysis. METHODS: Randomized controlled trials that evaluated various EATMs for pediatric ISS were found through searching 14 electronic databases. The primary outcome was growth velocity (GV). The comparative effectiveness of the treatments was ranked based on the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) and the risk of bias was assessed. The quality of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations approach. RESULTS: Fourteen studies comprising 1,066 participants were included. HM plus GH showed statistically significant superiority over other EATM therapies including acupuncture (weighted mean difference (WMD) 3.20 cm, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.40 to 5.99) and HM (WMD 3.70 cm, 95% CI 1.41 to 5.99) for improving GV per year, although there was no difference compared with GH alone (WMD 1.18 cm, 95% CI -0.27 to 2.63). SUCRA indicated that HM plus GH was the most effective therapy for increasing GV, followed by GH, HM plus acupressure, and HM. No serious adverse events were reported. CONCLUSION: For the treatment of ISS, HM plus GH might have a large beneficial effect and might be a better option than EATM therapies and GH alone. However, more long-term, high-quality trials are warranted to confirm the findings. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/), CRD42020187160. Elsevier 2022-06 2022-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8801998/ /pubmed/35145854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2022.100832 Text en © 2022 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis
title_full Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis
title_fullStr Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis
title_short Comparative effectiveness of East Asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis
title_sort comparative effectiveness of east asian traditional medicine for treatment of idiopathic short stature in children: systematic review and network meta-analysis
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35145854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2022.100832
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