Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
New fractures · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 71 participantsVery low
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
24 questions · 28 findings · 1 reviews · Musculoskeletal · Headline outcomes only
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 12 · 42.9%Very low 6 · 21.4%Low 10 · 35.7%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Quality of life · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Death · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Serious adverse events · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
2 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 100 participantsLow
- no estimate extracted1 study · 71 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Femoral neck bone mineral density (FN-BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 71 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine vs Western medicine
New fractures · patients with osteoporosis
It is very uncertain whether chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine changes new fractures (Yigu capsule plus calcium versus placebo plus calcium) compared with western medicine (very low certainty).
4 findings from 1 review
- RR 0.06 [0, 1]1 study · 140 participantsVery low
- RR 0.33 [0.01, 8.02]1 study · 120 participantsVery low
- RR 0.44 [0.13, 1.43]1 study · 155 participantsVery low
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- RR 0.22 [0.01, 5.34]1 study · 75 participantsVery low
Chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine vs Western medicine
Quality of life (Bushenhuoxue therapy plus calcium carbonate tablets and alfacalcidol versus calcium carbonate tablets and alfacalcidol) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 80 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine vs Western medicine
Death · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine vs Western medicine
Serious adverse events · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs placebo
New fractures · patients with osteoporosis
It is very uncertain whether chinese herbal medicines changes new fractures (Kanggusong capsule versus placebo) compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.05 [0, 0.85]1 study · 104 participantsVery low
Chinese herbal medicines vs no intervention
Death · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs no intervention
Serious adverse events · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs no intervention
Lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 61 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines vs no intervention
Femoral neck bone mineral density (FN-BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 80 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines vs no intervention
BMD of femoral neck (Shengu capsule versus no intervention) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 34 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines vs placebo
Quality of life · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs placebo
Death · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs placebo
Serious adverse events · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Chinese herbal medicines vs placebo
Lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 140 participantsLow