Research Article

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

Table 5

Certainty of evidences of SRs/MAs included.

Authors, reference no., yearOutcomesLimitationsInconsistencyIndirectnessImprecisionPublication biasRelative effect (95% CI)Quality

Li et al. [14], 2017FMA score−1−100−1SMD 1.21 (0.66, 1.77)CL
BBS score−1−100−1SMD 2.07 (1.52, 2.62)CL
ADL score−1−1000MD 15.60 (7.57, 23.63)CL
SPPB score−100−1−1MD −0.46 (−1.28, 0.36)CL
NIHSS score−100−1−1MD −2.57 (−3.14, −2.00)CL

Wang et al. [15], 2020WST score−10000SMD 1.58 (1.37, 1.78)M
Effective rate−10000RR 1.36 (1.26, 1.47)M
Incidence of aspiration pneumonia−100−1−1RR 0.40 (0.16, 0.99)CL

Yue and Li [16], 2019HAMD score−1−1000SMD −1.02 (−1.50, −0.55)L

Li et al. [17], 2019Effective rate−10000OR 3.87 (2.43, 6.17)M
Incidence of constipation−10000OR 0.23 (0.13, 0.42)M

Wu et al. [18], 2018Effective rate−10000OR 3.74 (2.18, 6.41)M
FMA score−100−1−1MD 12.14 (10.75, 13.52)CL
BI score−1−10−1−1SMD 2.68 (1.94, 3.43)CL

Wu et al. [19], 2018Effective rate−1−1000RR 1.27 (1.16, 1.39)L
WST score−1−1000MD −0.72 (−0.94, −0.50)L

Wang et al. [20], 2017Effective rate−10000RR 1.49 (1.33, 1.67)M
Cure rate−10000RR 1.97 (1.44, 2.71)M

Yuan and Wang [21], 2016Effective rate−10000OR 4.22 (2.93, 6.08)M
FMA score−1−1000WMD 11.56 (3.85, 19.26)L
HAMD score−100−1−1WMD −6.95 (−8.94, −4.96)CL
ADL score−1−1000WMD 12.54 (2.60, 22.48)L

Zhang and Liu [22], 2016Effective rate−1000−1OR 3.31 (2.20, 4.97)L
Liang et al. [23], 2015HAMD score−1−100−1SMD −1.03 (−1.42, −0.64)CL
Peng et al. [24], 2015Effective rate−1000−1OR 7.44 (4.40, 12.58)L

RR: risk ratio; OR: odds ratio; SMD: standardized mean difference; WMD: weighted mean difference; MD: mean difference. VL: very low; L: low; M: moderate; H: high; BBS: Berg balance scale; SPBB: short physical performance battery; WST: Water swallowing test; FMA: Fugl–Meyer scale; ADL: activity of daily living; BI: Barthel index; MMSE: NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; HAMD: Hamilton depression scale.