{"title":"Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in Nocturnal Enuresis in Children","authors":"Monireh Sadat Motaharifard, M. Mohkam","doi":"10.32598/jpr.10.1.1003.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Context: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in children is increasing. Due to the ineffectiveness of some pharmacological interventions or intolerance to their side effects, different types of CAM are used in various problems such as enuresis in children. This study aimed to introduce the most common complementary and alternative medicine methods used for enuresis in the pediatric population. Evidence Acquisition: Medical literature search was performed in several databases for a variety of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine in nocturnal enuresis in Children. Databases included Google scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, PubMed and a number of Persian databases including Magiran and SID. Clinical trials, case series or case reports that had evaluated the effectiveness of these therapies in nocturnal enuresis in children were included. Data were collected in English or Persian from inception to early 2021. Results: As far as we searched, more studies have been performed on some CAM methods, such as acupuncture. In some methods, such as reflexology, the studies are limited to case reports and in others, such as aromatherapy, there was no study related to children's enuresis. Based on the results, most of CAM methods have positive effects in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis and have their unique theories about the concepts of etiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Conclusions: Despite the relatively high use of CAM treatments in nocturnal enuresis among children, evidence of their effectiveness is not enough. More clinical trials are required to evaluate safety and efficacy of these methods.","PeriodicalId":43059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatrics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Pediatrics Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.32598/jpr.10.1.1003.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Context: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in children is increasing. Due to the ineffectiveness of some pharmacological interventions or intolerance to their side effects, different types of CAM are used in various problems such as enuresis in children. This study aimed to introduce the most common complementary and alternative medicine methods used for enuresis in the pediatric population. Evidence Acquisition: Medical literature search was performed in several databases for a variety of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine in nocturnal enuresis in Children. Databases included Google scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, PubMed and a number of Persian databases including Magiran and SID. Clinical trials, case series or case reports that had evaluated the effectiveness of these therapies in nocturnal enuresis in children were included. Data were collected in English or Persian from inception to early 2021. Results: As far as we searched, more studies have been performed on some CAM methods, such as acupuncture. In some methods, such as reflexology, the studies are limited to case reports and in others, such as aromatherapy, there was no study related to children's enuresis. Based on the results, most of CAM methods have positive effects in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis and have their unique theories about the concepts of etiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Conclusions: Despite the relatively high use of CAM treatments in nocturnal enuresis among children, evidence of their effectiveness is not enough. More clinical trials are required to evaluate safety and efficacy of these methods.
背景:在儿童中使用补充和替代医学(CAM)治疗正在增加。由于一些药物干预无效或对其副作用的不耐受,不同类型的CAM被用于各种问题,如儿童遗尿。本研究旨在介绍小儿遗尿最常见的补充和替代医学方法。证据获取:在多个数据库中检索各种传统、补充和替代医学治疗儿童夜间遗尿的文献。数据库包括谷歌scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, PubMed和一些波斯数据库,包括Magiran和SID。临床试验、病例系列或病例报告评估了这些疗法对儿童夜间遗尿的有效性。从开始到2021年初,数据以英语或波斯语收集。结果:在我们的搜索范围内,一些CAM方法的研究较多,如针灸。在一些方法中,如反射疗法,研究仅限于病例报告,而在其他方法中,如芳香疗法,没有与儿童遗尿有关的研究。结果表明,大多数CAM方法对夜遗尿的治疗效果良好,在病因、诊断和治疗等概念上有其独特的理论。结论:尽管儿童夜间遗尿采用CAM治疗的比例较高,但其有效性证据不足。需要更多的临床试验来评估这些方法的安全性和有效性。