Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in children constipation: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine methods for constipation in the pediatric population.

Evidence acquisition

Medical literature search was performed in several databases for a variety of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine in childhood constipation. Databases included Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google scholar and a number of Persian databases including IranDoc, Magiran and SID. No time limitation was determined. Clinical trials or case series that had evaluated the effectiveness of CAM therapies in functional constipation of 1-18 year old children were included. Papers not in English or Persian language were excluded. Related articles were scr

SUBMITTER: Paknejad MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6895286 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature