The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology (대한한방부인과학회지)

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Trends Analysis of Clinical Studies on Korean Medicine for Infertility

국내에서 수행된 난임 관련 한의학 치료 임상연구 경향 고찰

  • So, Min-Ji (Dept. of Korean Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gangnam Ja-Seng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Yoon-Jae (Dept. of Korean Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gangnam Ja-Seng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Su-Hyun (Dept. of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Dong-Guk University) ;
  • Jang, Jun-Bock (Dept. of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Hwang, Deok-Sang (Dept. of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Il (Dept. of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Dong-Guk University)
  • 소민지 (강남자생한방병원 한방부인과) ;
  • 이윤재 (강남자생한방병원 한방부인과) ;
  • 김수현 (동국대학교 한의과대학 한방부인과학교실) ;
  • 장준복 (경희대학교 한의과대학 한방부인과학교실) ;
  • 황덕상 (경희대학교 한의과대학 한방부인과학교실) ;
  • 김동일 (동국대학교 한의과대학 한방부인과학교실)
  • Received : 2017.01.26
  • Accepted : 2017.02.14
  • Published : 2017.02.24
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Abstract

Objectives: This study were investigated clinical studies published in international and Korea's journals to assess the effect of Korean Medicine for infertility. Methods: PubMed and Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS) were searched for this review up to Nov 2016.: using terms of 'infertility' and 'subfertile'. Results: Fifty clinical studies were finally selected. All studies were assessed as the noncomparative studies, and mainly case reports. The year of publication of literatures was the highest at from 2011 to 2015, accounted for 44%. Among 50 studies, there were 5 studies on males, 43 studies on females and 2 studies on both male and female. The number of subjects varies from 1 to 1277. The number of studies with subjects less than 10 was the greatest. Of all the studies, only three were institutional review board (IRB) approved. There were 9 studies that indicated whether the grant was supported. The duration of treatment was between 30 and 360 days, and most cases were within 180 days. Intervention methods were 100% for herb medicine, 40% added on acupuncture, and 29% added on moxibustion. Conclusions: Further clinical trials of well designed is needed to accumulate enough information to establish the evidence for Korean Medicine for infertility.

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