Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Stroke: An Umbrella Review

Table 2

Characteristics of the included reviews.
Authors, reference no., yearCountryStroke statusTrails (simple size)Treatment interventionControl interventionQuality assessment toolOverall conclusion
Li et al. [14], 2017ChinaPoststroke limb dysfunction31 (2349)TCM exercise nursing; TCM exercise nursing + rehabilitation nursingRehabilitation nursingCochrane criteriaCurrent evidence showed that TCM exercise nursing produced positive effects on limb motor function, balance function, activity of daily living ability and neurological impairment among stroke patients. More large-scale, high-quality, multiple center RCTs are required to further verify above conclusions in the future.
Wang et al. [15], 2020ChinaPoststroke dysphagia10 (930)Acupoint massage + rehabilitation nursingRehabilitation nursingCochrane criteriaAccording to the current literatures, acupoint massage could improve swallowing function in patients with post‐stroke dysphagia.
Yue and Li [16], 2019ChinaPoststroke depression5 (458)TCM emotional nursingPsychological nursingCochrane criteriaRoutine nursing combined with TCM emotional nursing for patients with poststroke depression can effectively improve depressive symptoms.
Li et al. [17], 2019ChinaPoststroke constipation10 (1083)TCM nursing + routine nursingRoutine nursingCochrane criteriaThe effect of TCM nursing for poststroke constipation is better than that of the control group. However, due to fewer studies included in the analysis and the overall quality being low, more large samples and high-quality clinical research are needed to further confirm the efficacy of TCM nursing on stroke patients with constipation.
Wu [18], 2018ChinaPoststroke shoulder-hand syndrome6 (508)TCM soaking + rehabilitation nursingRehabilitation nursingCochrane criteriaPresent evidences showed that alternating TCM soaking combined with rehabilitation nursing on shoulder hand syndrome after stroke can improve the effective rate of treatment, upper limb motor function, and daily living ability of patients. But it needs to be verified by more high-quality studies
Wu et al. [19], 2018ChinaPoststroke dysphagia14 (1182)Acupoint massage + rehabilitation nursingRehabilitation nursingCochrane criteriaThe current evidence indicates that acupoint massage combined with rehabilitation nursing is beneficial to poststroke dysphagia. But more high-quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusion.
Wang et al. [20], 2017ChinaPoststroke constipation7 (579)Auricular plaster + routine nursingRoutine nursingCochrane criteriaAuricular plaster is more effective than routine nursing in the treatment of poststroke constipation, and auricular plaster may reduce the occurrence of side effects of Western medicine.
Yuan and Wang [21], 2016ChinaStroke sequelae14 (1453)TCM nursing + routine nursingRoutine nursingCochrane criteriaTCM nursing has the effects of improving the therapeutic effect, relieving pain, improving depressive symptoms, improving self-care ability, and restoring motor function in patients with stroke sequelae.
Zhang and Liu [22], 2016ChinaStroke sequelae8 (898)TCM nursing + routine nursingRoutine nursingCochrane criteriaTCM nursing has a good effect on the rehabilitation of stroke patients. More large-scale, high-quality, multiple center RCTs are required to further verify above conclusions in the future.
Liang et al. [23], 2015ChinaPoststroke depression7 (664)TCM emotional nursing + routine nursingRoutine nursingCochrane criteriaTCM emotional nursing can improve the depressive symptoms of patients with poststroke depression.
Peng et al. [24], 2015ChinaStroke sequelae8 (663)TCM nursingRoutine nursingJadadTCM nursing may be superior to routine nursing for stroke patients. More large-scale, high-quality, multiple center RCTs are required to further verify above conclusions in the future.