The effectiveness and safety of acupoint catgut embedding for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
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The effectiveness and safety of acupoint catgut embedding for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
Background: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD), also regarded as functional dysmenorrhea, refers to dysmenorrhea without obvious organic lesions in the reproductive system. It accounts for more than 90% of dysmenorrhea and seriously affects womens life and work. Previous studies have proved that acupoint catgut embedding therapy is effective and safe for PD patients. It could relieve the pain rapidly and work for a long time in multiple mechanisms. This protocol aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on PD systematically. With the latest published evidence, a systematic review and meta-analysis of catgut embedding for patients with PD would be carried out in this study.
Methods: All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) related to acupoint catgut embedding therapy on PD will be searched in the following electronic databases: PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Wed of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chongqing VIP Database, Wanfang Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literatures Database (CBM), from inception to September 2020. The primary outcomes contain visual analog scale (VAS), dysmenorrhea symptom score, and clinical effectiveness rate, while the secondary outcomes consist of adverse events and the recurrence rate. Two reviewers will independently perform data selection, data synthesis, and quality assessment. Assessment of risk of bias and data synthesis would be performed with Review Manager 5.3 software.
Result: This systematic review will summarize the current and high-quality evidence of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on PD.
Conclusion: This systematic review aims to offer the latest persuasive evidence for clinical practitioners that using acupoint catgut embedding therapy on PD is effective and safe.
Prospero registration number: CRD42020156362.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors have no conflicts of interest.
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