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Complementary and alternative medicine therapies and COVID-19: a systematic review

  • Mahin Badakhsh , Majid Dastras , Zohreh Sarchahi , Mahboobe Doostkami , Adel Mir und Salehoddin Bouya EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 12. April 2021
Reviews on Environmental Health
Aus der Zeitschrift Reviews on Environmental Health Band 36 Heft 3

Abstract

Objectives

Despite the high prevalence of coronavirus and various treatment approaches, including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), there is still no definitive treatment for coronavirus. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of CAM interventions on COVID-19 patients.

Content

Four databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE) were searched from the inception of databases until July 16, 2020. Keywords included complementary and alternative medicine therapies and Coronavirus.

Summary and Outlook

Of the 1,137 studies searched, 14 studies performed on 972 COVID-19 patients entered the systematic review final stage. The results showed that different CAM interventions (acupuncture, Traditional Chinese medicine [TCM], relaxation, Qigong) significantly improved various psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety, stress, sleep quality, negative emotions, quality of life) and physical symptoms (inflammatory factors, physical activity, chest pain, and respiratory function) in COVID-19 patients. The results showed that various CAM interventions have a positive effect on improving the various dimensions of coronavirus disease but since there are few studies in this regard, further studies using different CAM approaches are recommended.

Keywords: alternative medicine; complementary therapies; coronavirus; COVID-19
Corresponding author: Salehoddin Bouya, Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Clinical Immunology Research Center, Ali-Ebne Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Mashahir Sq St, Zahedan, Iran, Phone: +98 5435223101, Fax: +98 543228329, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

  2. Author contributions: All authors contributed equally. All authors were responsible for all aspects of the work throughout the entire process.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

  6. Data availability: All data used to support the findings of this study can be made available from the corresponding author upon request.

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Supplementary Material

The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2021-0012).

Received: 2021-01-23
Accepted: 2021-03-23
Published Online: 2021-04-12
Published in Print: 2021-09-27

© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2021-0012
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
alternative medicine; complementary therapies; coronavirus; COVID-19

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Mini Reviews
  3. Home environmental interventions for prevention of respiratory tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  4. Water and wastewater as potential sources of SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a systematic review
  5. Review Articles
  6. The role of sensory and olfactory pathways in multiple chemical sensitivity
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