Shuganjieyu capsule alone or in combination with other antidepressants for post-stroke depression:a Meta-analysis / 中国脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the efficacy and safety of Shuganjieyu capsule alone or in combination with other antidepressants for the treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD).Methods Wanfang database,China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),Chinese VIP journals database,PubMed,EMbase,Cochrane Library,and Chinese dissertations full text database were retrieved by computers.The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on Shuganjieyu capsule for the treatment of PSD from January 1995 to September 2017 were collected.After literature screening,data extraction,and methodological quality evaluation,RevMan 5.1 software was used to conduct a Meta-analysis.The bias was evaluated with the Stata 12.0 software using Begg's rank correlation and Egger's linear regression.Results A total of 19 RCTs were included,including 1 814 participants.The Meta-analysis results showed that compared with other antidepressants,there were no significant differences in the effective rate and cure rate of Shuganjieyu capsule (combinedeffects:RR=1.04 [95％ CI0.97-1.11],Z=0.99,P=0.32 and RR =1.06 [95％ CI 0.85-1.32];Z =0.52,P =0.60).Compared with other antidepressants,there were significant differences in the effective rate and cure rate of Shuganjieyu capsule in combination with other antidepressants (combined effects:RR =1.19 [95％ CI 1.13-1.26];Z =6.43,P ＜0.01 and RR =1.54 [95％ CI 1.26-1.88];Z =4.17,P ＜0.01).The incidence of adverse events of Shuganjieyu capsule alone was less than that of other antidepressants (combined effect:RR =0.39 [95％ CI 0.27-0.55];Z =5.30,P ＜ 0.01).The incidence of adverse events of Shuganjieyu capsule in combination with other antidepressants was the same as other antidepressants (combined effect:RR =0.99 [95％ CI 0.77-1.26];Z =0.10,P =0.92).Conclusions Shuganjieyu capsule is effective for post-stroke depression.The efficacy of Shuganjieyu capsule alone is as effective as other antidepressants,however,Shuganjieyu capsule in combination with other antidepressants is superior to other antidepressants,and the safety is better than other antidepressants.