<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2018-0009_s_006_w2aab3b7b7b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0009_s_007_w2aab3b7b7b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>Data were collected from the databases of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Google Scholar, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang Data (WF) and VIP Database, including literature regarding the effects of TCM nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with COPD published before January 2017. The Jadad scale was used to assess the quality of the eligible literature. The weighted mean differences and odds ratios were used to analyze St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) scores, pulmonary function, hospital stay, and clinical efficacy.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0009_s_008_w2aab3b7b7b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Twenty-three randomized controlled trials comprising 3116 cases (TCM nursing combined with the conventional nursing group: 1559; conventional nursing group: 1557) met the inclusion criteria. TCM nursing combined with conventional nursing was associated with a lower SGRQ score, higher forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) value, higher FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) value, higher FEV1% value, higher FEV1 predicted value, shorter hospital stay, and preferable clinical efficacy.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0009_s_009_w2aab3b7b7b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>TCM nursing combined with conventional nursing emphasized that dialectical nursing can be performed preferably in patients with COPD.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveThis meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).MethodsData were collected from the databases of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Google Scholar, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang Data (WF) and VIP Database, including literature regarding the effects of TCM nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with COPD published before January 2017. The Jadad scale was used to assess the quality of the eligible literature. The weighted mean differences and odds ratios were used to analyze St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) scores, pulmonary function, hospital stay, and clinical efficacy.ResultsTwenty-three randomized controlled trials comprising 3116 cases (TCM nursing combined with the conventional nursing group: 1559; conventional nursing group: 1557) met the inclusion criteria. TCM nursing combined with conventional nursing was associated with a lower SGRQ score, higher forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) value, higher FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) value, higher FEV1% value, higher FEV1 predicted value, shorter hospital stay, and preferable clinical efficacy.ConclusionsTCM nursing combined with conventional nursing emphasized that dialectical nursing can be performed preferably in patients with COPD.

Effects of traditional Chinese medicine nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis

Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveThis meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with...

Effects of traditional Chinese medicine nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 26, 2018

Page range: 61 - 68

Received: Jun 03, 2017

Accepted: Jun 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0009

Keywords
traditional Chinese medicine nursing, dialectical nursing, pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, pulmonary function, meta-analysis

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Effects of traditional Chinese medicine nursing combined with conventional nursing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 26, 2018

Page range: 61 - 68

Received: Jun 03, 2017

Accepted: Jun 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0009

Keywordstraditional Chinese medicine nursing, dialectical nursing, pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, pulmonary function, meta-analysis

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
traditional Chinese medicine nursing, dialectical nursing, pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, pulmonary function, meta-analysis