Open AccessTraditional Chinese medicine on treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Author(s) -
Yansong Xue,
Yunyun Duan,
Xiaoyong Gong,
Wei Zheng,
Yongqiang Li
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000016136
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome , prostatitis , cochrane library , pelvic pain , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , traditional chinese medicine , systematic review , medline , physical therapy , grading (engineering) , chronic pain , alternative medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , prostate , cancer , civil engineering , political science , law , engineering
Background: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common urinary system disease in the male population. Recent studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can alleviate the pain caused by CP/CPPS to a certain extent and improve the quality of life of patients. In this systematic review, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of TCM for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Methods and analysis: We will search for PubMed, Cochrane Library, AMED, EMbase, WorldSciNet; Nature, Science online and China Journal Full-text Database (CNKI), China Biomedical Literature CD-ROM Database (CBM), and related randomized controlled trials included in the China Resources Database. The time is limited from the construction of the library to May 2019. The quality of the included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) will be evaluated with the risk of bias (ROB) tool and evidence will be evaluated by Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation (GRADE). STATA 13.0 and Revman 5.3 will be used to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize direct and indirect evidence. Ethics and dissemination: This systematic review will evaluate the efficacy and safety of TCM for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Because all of the data used in this systematic review and meta-analysis has been published, this review does not require ethical approval. Furthermore, all data will be analyzed anonymously during the review process trial. Trial registration number: PROSPERO CRD42019131527