Journal of International Obstetrics and Gynecology ›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 467-470.

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Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Postoperative Quality of Life of Patients with Endometriosis:A Meta-Analysis

XIAO Chao,ZHAO Jing,QIN Zheng-wen   

  1. Zigong Maternal and Children Health Hospital,Zigong 643000,Sichuan Province,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:2016-08-15 Online:2016-08-15
  • Contact: QIN Zheng-wen

Abstract: Objective: To systematic assess the effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine on postoperative quality of life of patients with endometriosis. Methods: Such databases as Medline, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, WanFang Database were electronically searched. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, literature was screened, data were extracted, and the methodological quality of included studies was also assessed by two researchers. Then, meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.2 software. Besides, based on EHP-30/5 scale scores, Chinese herbal medicines may improve the quality of life in patients with endometriosis after operation. Results: 7 studies with 644 participants were included. Evidence was found for significant effects on general quality of life [SMD=0.19, 95%CI (0.11,0.28), P<0.000 1], based on WHOQOL-BREF Scale. Conclusions: Because of the included study used different scales to assess quality of life, therefore, we can only research the final effect according to the different scale. This meta-analysis has found evidence for effects of Chinese herbal medicine on improving general quality of life for endometriosis patients after operation. However, the evidence is not strong enough because of low quality of the included studies. Therefore, more high quality researches are required.