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Evidence for the use of complementary and alternative medicines during fertility treatment: a scoping review.
Miner, Skye A; Robins, Stephanie; Zhu, Yu Jia; Keeren, Kathelijne; Gu, Vivian; Read, Suzanne C; Zelkowitz, Phyllis.
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  • Miner SA; Department of Sociology, McGill University, Room 712, Leacock Building, 855 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T7, Canada.
  • Robins S; Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Chemin de la Cote-Ste-Catherine, Room 223, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E4, Canada.
  • Zhu YJ; Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Chemin de la Cote-Ste-Catherine, Room 223, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E4, Canada.
  • Keeren K; Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Chemin de la Cote-Ste-Catherine, Room 223, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E4, Canada.
  • Gu V; Department of Dentistry, McGill University, 2001 McGill College Ave, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada.
  • Read SC; Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Chemin de la Cote-Ste-Catherine, Room 223, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E4, Canada.
  • Zelkowitz P; Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Chemin de la Cote-Ste-Catherine, Room 223, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E4, Canada.
BMC Complement Altern Med ; 18(1): 158, 2018 May 15.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29764413
BACKGROUND: Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are sometimes used by individuals who desire to improve the outcomes of their fertility treatment and/or mental health during fertility treatment. However, there is little comprehensive information available that analyzes various CAM methods across treatment outcomes and includes information that is published in languages other than English. METHOD: This scoping review examines the evidence for 12 different CAM methods used to improve female and male fertility outcomes as well as their association with improving mental health outcomes during fertility treatment. Using predefined key words, online medical databases were searched for articles (n = 270). After exclusion criteria were applied, 148 articles were analyzed in terms of their level of evidence and the potential for methodological and author bias. RESULTS: Surveying the literature on a range of techniques, this scoping review finds a lack of high quality evidence that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) improves fertility or mental health outcomes for men or women. Acupuncture has the highest level of evidence for its use in improving male and female fertility outcomes although this evidence is inconclusive. CONCLUSION: Overall, the quality of the evidence across CAM methods was poor not only because of the use of research designs that do not yield conclusive results, but also because results were contradictory. There is a need for more research using strong methods such as randomized controlled trials to determine the effectiveness of CAM in relation to fertility treatment, and to help physicians and patients make evidence-based decisions about CAM use during fertility treatment.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Terapias Complementarias / Infertilidad Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Límite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: BMC Complement Altern Med Asunto de la revista: TERAPIAS COMPLEMENTARES Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Canadá Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Terapias Complementarias / Infertilidad Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Límite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: BMC Complement Altern Med Asunto de la revista: TERAPIAS COMPLEMENTARES Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Canadá Pais de publicación: Reino Unido