Objective To systematically evaluate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on improving depression, anxiety and quality of life in patients with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). Methods We searched PubMed, EMbase, CENTRAL (Issue 8, 2016), Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycoINFO, CBM, CNKI and WanFang Data from inception to Sep. 1st, 2016, to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) which studied the effects of CBT on improving depression, anxiety and quality of life in patients with MHD. Literature screening, data extraction, and the risk of bias assessment of all eligible studies were conducted by two reviewers independently. Then, meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 14 RCTs involving 1 492 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that CBT could significantly improve the depression (SMD=–0.85, 95%CI –0.96 to –0.74,P<0.000 01), anxiety (SMD=–1.16, 95%CI –1.37 to –0.94,P<0.000 01), and quality of life (SMD=0.88, 95%CI 0.21 to 1.56,P=0.010) of MHD patients after 2 months' intervention; however, these effects were not been found within 2 months' intervention (allP values>0.05). Conclusion CBT is efficacious in improving MHD patients' depression, anxiety and quality of life after 2 months' intervention, while these effects within 2 months are still not certain. Because of the limitation of quantity and quality of included studies, more high-quality studies are needed to confirm the above conclusion.
Objective To identify, describe, and evaluate the evidence of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) interventions for cancer-related fatigue (CRF) using an evidence mapping approach. Methods The CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, Web of Science and Embase databases were electronically searched to collect studies on TCM interventions for CRF from inception to June 4, 2024. Evidence mapping was employed to present the characteristics of study populations, interventions, studies included in systematic review/meta-analysis (SR/MA), and conclusions. Results A total of 94 randomized controlled trials (RCT) and 17 SR/MA/network MA were included. The number of publications has shown an overall fluctuating upward trend in the past 15 years. The RCT included literature with a high focus on mixed cancers, involving a total of 51 TCM therapeutic measures, including 40 herbal treatments, 5 external TCM treatments, and 5 TCM integrative therapies. The outcome indicators were classified into 14 categories, with the most frequent ones being CRF scores, TCM syndrome scores, clinical efficacy, quality of life scores, immune function indicators, adverse event rates, and serum indicators. The SR/MA included 7-81 original studies with sample sizes of 551-7 547 cases, involving 5 intervention measures: herbal medicine (9 studies), moxibustion (3 studies), TCM injection (2 studies), moxibustion (2 studies), and acupuncture (1 study). The quality of RCT and SR/MA was generally low, and the evidence quality was low. Most studies showed that TCM interventions for CRF had potential efficacy, but there was still a lack of definitive clinical evidence. Conclusion The results suggest that TCM interventions for CRF have advantages but also problems. There is still a lack of high-quality research. More large-sample, multicenter RCT and high-quality SR/MA are needed to further explore the advantages of TCM interventions for CRF and provide strong support for the effectiveness and safety of TCM interventions for CRF.