An overview of systematic reviews of complementary and alternative therapies for infantile colic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infantile colic is a distressing condition characterised by excessive crying in the first few months of life. The aim of this research was to update the synthesis of evidence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research literature on infantile colic and establish what evidence is currently available.

Methods

Medline, Embase and AMED (via Ovid), Web of Science and Central via Cochrane library were searched from their inception to September 2018. Google Scholar and OpenGrey were searched for grey literature and PROSPERO for ongoing reviews. Published systematic reviews that included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of infants aged up to 1 year, diagnosed with infantile colic using standard diagnostic criteria, were eligible. Reviews of RCTs that asses

SUBMITTER: Perry R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6844054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature