Acupuncture as add-on treatment for functional dyspepsia: A protocol for systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common functional gastrointestinal disease with a high prevalence. However, due to the limitations of conventional Western treatments, such as acid suppressants, prokinetics, Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment, and antidepressants, the popularity of complementary and alternative medicine, such as acupuncture, is steadily increasing. We describe the methods that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture as add-on therapies to conventional Western medications in patients with FD.

Methods and analysis

A total of 12 English, Korean, and Chinese electronic databases will be searched by 2 researchers from their inception dates to December 2020. Randomized controlled trials assessing the effectiveness and s

SUBMITTER: Kwon CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7899868 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature