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The Efficacy of a Persian Medicine-Based Dietary Protocol on Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors :
Masoud Moslemifard Khaledi
Hamed Mehdinezhad Gorji
Narjes Gorji
Reza Ghadimi
Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur
Hoda Shirafkan
Source :
Traditional and Integrative Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2023.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a Persian Medicine-based dietary protocol (PM diet) in patients infected with COVID-19. A randomized clinical trial was performed from July 2020 to January 2021 in Tehran, Iran. Eighty patients admitted due to pulmonary dysfunction caused by COVID-19 were randomly allocated into two groups: the PM diet or the common hospital (CH) diet. Eight beds in 2 rooms were considered for each group. Patients were randomly hospitalized in these rooms and received these diets up to discharge or death. The details of the PM diet were published before (Hospital diet for COVID-19, an acute respiratory infectious disease: An evidence-based Protocol of a Clinical Trial). O2 saturation level and duration of hospitalization, the rate of mortality, duration of fever, and duration of cough were considered as the primary and secondary outcomes, respectively. O2 Saturation and fever durationwere not different between groups (P-value= 0.08, 0.312, respectively). But the duration of hospitalization and the duration of cough in the PM diet group were significantly shorter than in the CH diet (P-value= 0.002, 0.009, and HR=2.02, 1.86 respectively). The mortality rate was significantly lower in the PM diet group than in the CH diet group (Odds ratio: 0.12, P-value=0.026). PM diet caused a lower mortality rate, shorter hospital stay, and better improvement in cough, but did not have a significant effect on O2 saturation and fever.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24765104 and 24765112
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Traditional and Integrative Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b69da735ec8f4695a9be1d950418f8c4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.18502/tim.v8i1.12397