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Acupuncture for polycystic ovary syndrome: An overview of a protocol for systematic reviews and meta analyses
- Source :
- Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background: As the results of previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses on acupuncture for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have provided inconsistent evidence. This overview of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses will aim to critically appraise the methodology and reporting quality of the relevant SRs and meta-analyses with the aim of identifying whether acupuncture could provide an effective treatment for patients with PCOS or not. Methods: Electronic databases including MEDLINE via Ovid, EMBASE, PubMed, Cochrane library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP database), and Wanfang Database will be searched for related SRs and meta-analyses from inceptions to the search date without language restrictions. Two reviewers will independently select SRs and meta-analyses and collect related data, and a third reviewer will be introduced if any disagreement happened during the assessing. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and the latest Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR2) checklists will be employed to evaluate the reporting and methodology quality. Results: This overview will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Conclusion: This overview will identify related SRs and meta-analyses of acupuncture for treating PCOS. Ethics and dissemination: Ethics approval and patient consent are not required as this study is an overview based on published systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
- Subjects :
- Patient Consent
medicine.medical_specialty
MEDLINE
Acupuncture Therapy
overview
Cochrane Library
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Study Protocol Systematic Review
Acupuncture
medicine
Humans
Medical physics
030212 general & internal medicine
protocol
Protocol (science)
business.industry
General Medicine
Polycystic ovary
Systematic review
polycystic ovary syndrome
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
business
acupuncture
Systematic Reviews as Topic
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15365964
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5f405b751905b362b8aa11cd72911a38