Traditional Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spread to most of the world's countries during its first and subsequent waves, often increasing in an almost exponential trend. Traditional Chinese medicine has played a vital role in this epidemic. Nonetheless, size of effect, certainty of the evidence, optimal therapy regimen, and selection of patients who are likely to benefit most are factors that remain to be evaluated. This study aims to assess and rank where appropriate the relative effects of interventions for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.

Method

This study will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Protocols. We will search Chinese electronic database (CBM, Wanfang and CNKI) and international electronic da

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8718199 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature