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ArticleIntegrative medicine research2020

Complementary therapy for female infertility: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews.

Jang Won Lee, Min Kyung Hyun, Lin Ang

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Article in Integrative medicine research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jang Won LeeDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Gyeongju, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea.
Min Kyung HyunDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Gyeongju, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea.
Lin AngClinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Dongguk University · KRKorea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are numerous reports worldwide on the use of complementary therapy for female infertility. This paper presents an overview of the available systematic reviews (SRs) on the outcomes of complementary therapy for female infertility.

methodsElectronic databases, including Pubmed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Google scholar, and six Korean medical databases (KoreaMed, KMBASE, OASIS, NDSL, KCI, and RISS) will be searched from their date of inception. Eligible SRs will be independently selected by two authors, according to the defined inclusion criteria. Methodological quality of the final selected SRs will then be evaluated using the 'Assessment of multiple systematic reviews 2 (AMSTAR2)'. Finally, we will report on the characteristics and outcomes of efficacy and safety of each individual SR. DISCUSSION: This overview will apprise the overall quality and evidence of the outcomes of SRs of complementary therapy for female infertility.

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Complementary therapyInfertilityOverviewSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID32090018
PMCPMC7026274
OpenAlexW3001486824

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