Clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine therapy for female stress urinary incontinence: a meta-analysis.
Rev Esc Enferm USP
; 57: e20230153, 2024.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38315803
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).METHOD:
PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases were searched for articles published up to September 2022. Variables were analyzed using weighted mean difference (WMD), standardized mean difference (SMD), odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI).RESULTS:
Eight studies containing 744 patients were included in this study. The results demonstrate that TCM therapy had more advantages in improving the clinical outcome of SUI patients (OR = 2.90, 95%CI1.92-4.37, P = 0.000), reducing the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short-Form (ICIQ-SF) score (WMD = -2.41, 95%CI-2.83- -1.98, P = 0.000), reducing 1-h urinary pad leakage urine volume (WMD = -1.86, 95%CI-2.23- -1.49, P = 0.000) and increasing Maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) (SMD = 0.86, 95%CI 0.61-1.11, P = 0.000).CONCLUSION:
TCM therapy is effective in improving urinary incontinence symptoms, urodynamics, and quality of life in patients with SUI. This article provides a reference for the application of TCM therapy in women with urinary incontinence.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urinary Incontinence
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Urinary Incontinence, Stress
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Rev Esc Enferm USP
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China