Effects of moxibustion on cancer-related fatigue: a meta-analysis

• 作者: Fan-Jie Meng Li-Min Guo Si-Yuan Yang Xue Bai Ya-Nan Wang Yuan Jia
• 来源期刊: TMR非药物治疗
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: MOXIBUSTION Cancer-related FATIGUE CRF Systematic REVIEW META-ANALYSIS
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（2）
• 页码范围: 62-70
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy of moxibustion in the treatment of cancer-related fatigue (CRF). Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using moxibustion to treat cancer-related fatigue in Cochrane Library, PubMed, China Knowledge Network, Wanfang and VIP databases was searched. Two reviewers independently searched, reviewed the literature, extracted data, and evaluated the methodological quality. RevMan5.3 software was used for meta-analysis. Results: A total of 942 patients were included in 11 randomized controlled trials. The meta-analysis results showed that moxibustion can reduce fatigue score [MD =-2.04, 95% CI (-4.06,-0.33), P < 0.001], improve the score of quality of life QLQ-C30 [(MD = 8.44, 95% CI (1.85, 15.03), P < 0.001], also could boost the number of important immune-system cellular, such as CD3 [MD = 7.82, 95% CI (3.14, 12.49), P = 0.01], CD8 [MD =-3.15, 95% CI (-11.36, 5.06), P < 0.001], NK cells [MD=5.88, 95% CI (3.56, 8.20), P = 0.01];Conclusion: Moxibustion can improve the degree of cancer-related fatigue, improve the quality of life and enhance immune function.