Meta analysis on influences of LAT on asthma control of pediatric asthma patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.12.005
- VernacularTitle:激光针灸疗法对儿童哮喘患者哮喘控制影响的Meta分析
- Author:
Guihua YANG
1
;
Linlin JIAO
;
Zongxia CHANG
;
Wei YUAN
;
Juan DU
Author Information
1. 252000 山东省聊城市人民医院护理部
- Keywords:
Children;
Asthma;
Meta analysis;
Laser acupuncture therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(12):1646-1651,1652
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the influences of laser acupuncture therapy ( LAT ) on asthma control of pediatric asthma patients .Methods Electronic data searched in databases like Cochrane Library , Joanna Briggs Institute Library , Pubmed, MEDLINE, EMbase, AMED, Cancerlit and Cinahl , China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database (CNKI), SinoMed (CBM), etc., from time range of January 1992 to July 2015 , were brought into randomized controlled trial ( RCT ) which were pediatric asthma patients influenced asthma control by LAT .Maastricht-Amsterdam rating scale was adopted to evaluate quality of this research , and Meta analysis was conducted by software of RevMan 5.1.6 afterwards.Results Five RCTs with 254 patients were included .It was revealed in Meta analysis that LAT could effectively improve pediatric asthma patients ′indexes of pulmonary function , like forced vital capacity ( FVC) , forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC), maximal mid-expiratory flow curve (MMEF) (Z=4.55,2.62,7.02;P<0.01) and life quality (Z=5.40,P<0.000 01);meanwhile, LAT could obviously reduce dose of steroid for pediatric asthma patients (Z=4.21,P<0.000 1).It was revealed by descriptive analysis results that LAT could relieve symptoms in respiratory system of pediatric asthma patients .Conclusions LAT can effectively improve control level of pediatric asthma .FVC, FEV1/FVC, and MMEF can be used as effect indexes of pediatric asthma patients treated by LAT , while FEV1 and PEF have no statistic difference and still to be testified by clinical RCTs with multi centers and large samples .
