Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Review Article

An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Using Chinese Medicine to Treat Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Table 2

Characteristics of the systematic reviews included in this study.
Included systematic reviewsNumber of databases searchedNumber of studies includedSample sizeExperimental groupControl groupEvaluation tools
Yan Lun et al. 2015 [17]4131,148Chinese medicine + Western medicine#Western medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Xiao Chao 2016 [18]7121,213Chinese medicine + Western medicineWestern medicineJadad
Li Nan et al. 2017 [19]323NAChinese medicine + Western medicine#Western medicineNA
Lu RuLing et al. 2018 [20]7221,676Kidney tonifying herbs + Diane-35Diane-35Jadad
Xu LiFang et al. 2018 [21]622NAChinese medicine to tonify the kidneys and invigorate the blood + Western medicine#Western medicineJadad
Xu Huayun et al. 2018 [22]314978Herbal manual cycle + Western medicine#Western medicineJadad
Huang Wenfang et al. 2018 [23]5141,057Liver relaxation method + Western medicineWestern medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Liu Ying et al. 2019 [24]5111,128Kuntai capsule + Western medicineWestern medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Yuan BoChao 2019 [25]77634Chinese herbal remedies to tonify the kidneys and invigorate the bloodClomipheneCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Ji Lin 2019 [26]734NAChinese medicine to tonify the kidneys and invigorate the blood + Western medicine#Western medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Xie Peng Peng et al. 2019 [27]7201,484Plus or minus CangFu Guiphlegm Tang + Western medicineWestern medicineJadad
Zhong Yizheng et al. 2019 [28]7151,259Compound Xuanju capsules + Western medicineWestern medicineJadad
Dong YuFang 2020 [29]7433,056Chinese medicineWestern medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Li Nan et al. 2020 [30]5131,305Kuntai capsule + letrozoleLetrozoleJadad
Du Xiu et al. 2020 [31]6141,100Compound Xuanju capsules + Western medicineWestern medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Lin BeiBei 2020 [32]8261,299Chinese herbs + Western medicine for kidney and liverWestern medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Chen JinMing et al. 2020 [33]57502Gueiren pills + Western medicineWestern medicineCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Huang Ting et al. 2020 [34]813797Kidney tonifying herbs + clomipheneClomipheneCochrane risk of bias assessment tool
Note. NA: not reported. #The experimental group in the study used both Chinese medicine and a combination of Chinese and Western medicine.