The effect of massage on the quality of life in patients recovering from COVID-19

Abstract

Background: There is a worldwide outbreak of covid-19, and as the number of patients increases, more and more patients are recovering. Massage is used as an alternative therapy. Currently, there are no relevant articles for systematic review. Methods: We will search the randomized controlled trials related to acupuncture therapy and postoperative anorectal diseases from inception to January 2020. The following database is our focus area: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and Wan-Fang Database. All published randomized controlled trials in English or Chinese related to massage for COVID-19 will be included. Primary outcome asthe influence of massage on the quality of life of convalescent patients. Secondary outcomes were accompanying symptoms (such as myalgia, expectoration, stuffiness, runny nose, pharyngalgia, anhelation, chest distress, dyspnea, crackles, headache, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea) disappear rate, negative COVID-19 results rate on 2 consecutive occasions (not on the same day), average hospitalization time, clinical curative effect, and improved quality of life. Results: The results will provide a high-quality synthesis of current evidence for researchers in this subject area. Conclusion: The conclusion of our study will provide evidence to judge whether massage is an effective intervention on the quality of life in patients recovering. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020181398

Acupuncture for corona virus disease 2019

“…COVID-19 has spread to 46 countries internationally, causing over 2 million cases and over 137 thousand of death. [ 3 4 ] Total fatality rate of COVID-19 is estimated at 3.46% by far based on published data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).…”

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“…e electronic database searches identified 16 publications, including two clinical studies [10,11] and 14 study protocols of SRs or clinical studies (Figure 1) [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Among the 13 published protocols, most were protocols for SRs and meta-analyses and only two were RCT protocols [15,23].…”

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