Meta-analysis on the effect of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine therepy for patients with hormone-dependent dermatitis / 中国基层医药

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ObjectiveTo investigate theeffect of combining traditionalChineseandWestern medicine therepy for patients with hormone-dependent dermatitis.Methods The relative literature conceming the clinical trials in treating patients with hormone-dependent dermatitis with therapy of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine between 2005 and 2011 were retrieved,and Meta-analysis was made on the qualified literature by means of Review Manager 5.0 software.Results 15 randomized trials with 1749 patients met inclusion criteria.Compared with western medicine treatment group,the test results of the effective rate on the patients with hormone-dependent dermatitiswiththerapyof combining traditionalChineseandWestem medicinewasZ =12,P＜0.00001,OR =4.2 ( 95％ CI,3.32 t0 5.31).ConclusionPatients with hormone-dependent dermatitis with therapy of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine could get better therapeutic effect.