Meta analysis of umbilical area applying with rhubarb in treatment of constipation
Abstract：Objective:To evaluate the influence of umbilical area applying with rhubarb on curative effect of con-stipation.Methods:It searched PubMed、The Cochrane Library、EMBASE、CNKI、WanFang Data、VIP and CBM from inception to May 2015 on the rhubarb umbilical area applying for constipation in randomized controlled tri-als,and traced references of included studies.The literature quality was evaluated by two researchers.RevMan 5.2 version was used for Meta analysis.Cochrane system evaluation manual 5.0.2 recommended tool was used to evaluate the quality of its methodology.Results:10 randomized controlled trials for treatment of constipation with 850 patients were included.All the included literatures were Chinese literature.Meta analysis results showed that the total effective rate of rhubarb umbilical area applying was higher than that of control group[RR=1.59,95%CI(1.29,1.95),P<0.000 01].Compared with the conventional nursing measures,rhubarb combined with menthol umbilical area applying could treat constipation effectively[RR=2.77,CI(1.54,4.98),P<0.000 6]. No serious adverse events were reported in all trials.Conclusions:Rhubarb umbilical area applying was safe and effective in treating constipation ,but it could not get a reliable conclusion because of the lack of high quality re-search.
Keywords：rhubarbumbilical area applyingconstipationsystem evaluation
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 4020-4024 )