Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

The Effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as an Adjunct Treatment on Stable COPD Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Availability of outcome indexes.
AuthorYearAvailable outcome index
Wang2019TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, FEV1, 6MWT
Zhu2019Nil
Chen2019FEV1
Zhou2019TCM effective rate, CAT, QoL, exacerbation rate
Liu2019TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, FEV1, 6MWT, QoL, adverse events
Zhang2019TCM syndrome score, FEV1, CAT, TCM effective rate
Zhang2019TCM syndrome score, FEV1, 6MWT, exacerbation rate, TCM effective rate
Lin2019TCM syndrome score, CAT, TCM effective rate
Wang2019TCM syndrome score, FEV1, 6MWT, TCM effective rate, adverse events
Jin2019Nil
Li2019TCM syndrome score, FEV1, 6MWT
Liang2019TCM syndrome score, CAT
Wang2019Nil
Chen2019FEV1
He2019TCM syndrome score, FEV1
Yun2019TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, FEV1, CAT
Zeng2019TCM effective rate, exacerbation rate, CAT
Ke2019FEV1, QoL
Feng2018TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, FEV1, 6MWT, QoL
Huang2018TCM effective rate, FEV1, CAT, 6MWT
Xu2018TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, FEV1, QoL
Liu2018TCM syndrome score, FEV1
Kang2018TCM syndrome score
Wang2018TCM effective rate, QoL, FEV1
Lu2018TCM effective rate, FEV1
Yang2018TCM effective rate, FEV1, CAT, 6MWT, exacerbation rate
Li2018TCM effective rate, exacerbation rate, 6MWT, QoL
Yang2018TCM effective rate, FEV1
Gao2018TCM effective rate
Zhang2018TCM effective rate, TCM syndrome score, CAT, FEV1
Wu2018TCM syndrome score, 6MWT, CAT
Lu2018TCM syndrome score
Feng2018TCM effective rate
Yue2018TCM effective rate
Xu2018TCM effective rate, FEV1
Tu2018CAT
Li2018TCM effective rate
Dai2017FEV1, CAT
Zhou2017TCM effective rate, exacerbation rate
Liu20176MWT, adverse events
Yu2017TCM effective rate, QoL, 6MWT
Zhang2017FEV1, CAT, TCM effective rate
Kong2017FEV1
Wang2017TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, 6MWT, CAT
Wang2017FEV1, 6MWT
Zhao2017TCM syndrome score
Gong2017FEV1, TCM effective rate
Dong2017TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate
Zjou2017TCM effective rate
Xiao2017FEV1, QoL, 6MWT
Li2017TCM effective rate, FEV1, adverse events
Wen2017TCM effective rate, FEV1
You2017TCM effective rate, adverse events
Lu2017Nil
Yang2017Nil
Lu2017TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate
Lu2017TCM effective rate
Li2017Nil
Guo2017FEV1, TCM effective rate
Zhao2017TCM effective rate
Lin2017TCM effective rate, TCM syndrome score, CAT
Lou2016TCM syndrome score, 6MWT, exacerbation rate
Ye2016TCM syndrome score, QoL, TCM effective rate, FEV1, 6MWT, exacerbation rate
Bian2016Nil
Li20166MWT
Tang2016QoL, TCM effective rate
Guo2016TCM effective rate
Fang2016TCM effective rate, 6MWT
Chen2016TCM effective rate
Hu2016TCM effective rate, 6MWT, CAT
Liang2015TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, 6MWT, QoL, FEV1, exacerbation rate
Wang2015TCM effective rate, FEV1
Si2015QoL
Wang2015CAT
Li2015Nil
He2015TCM effective rate, FEV1, QoL
Huang2015FEV1, 6MWT, adverse events
Zhang2015CAT, 6MWT, TCM effective rate, exacerbation rate, adverse events
Luo20146MWT, exacerbation rate, TCM effective rate, adverse events
Wen2014TCM effective rate
Li2014FEV1, TCM effective rate
Qi2014TCM effective rate, TCM syndrome score
Zeng2014Nil
Zhang2014TCM effective rate, TCM syndrome score
Chen2013TCM syndrome score
Tan2013FEV1, TCM effective rate
Zhang2013TCM effective rate, TCM syndrome score, FEV1
Liang2013TCM syndrome score, 6MWT
Jiang2013CAT, TCM syndrome score, FEV1
Wang2013TCM effective rate
Dai2013Nil
Chen2012TCM effective rate, TCM syndrome score
Chen2011TCM effective rate, FEV1, TCM syndrome score, exacerbation rate
Gong2011FEV1, TCM effective rate, QoL
Tang2010TCM syndrome score, TCM effective rate, QoL
He2010TCM syndrome score, exacerbation rate
Wang2009Nil
Wang2008Nil
Jiang2008Nil
Hong2018TCM effective rate, CAT, 6MWT, adverse events, all withdrawals
FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 s; CAT = COPD assessment test; 6MWT = 6-minute walk test; QoL = quality of life.