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Revista Médica Electrónica
versão On-line ISSN 1684-1824
Resumo
CRUZ BARRIOS, María Aida e FURONES MOURELLE, Juan Antonio. Clinical researches on natural and traditional medicine published in Cuban journals. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2020, vol.42, n.5, pp. 2288-2300. Epub 30-Out-2020. ISSN 1684-1824.
Introduction:
the professionals devoted to natural and traditional medicine should study and publish the scientific evidences for its rational and safe use.
Objectives:
to identify scientific articles related to clinical researches on natural and traditional medicine in Cuban medical journals and to describe some of their characteristics.
Materials and methods:
a cross-sectional descriptive study; the authors analyzed the original articles published in the period 2007-2018 on researches made in Cuban people and in Cuba in six Cuban medical journals: Plantas Medicinales, Medicina Natural y Tradicional, Medicina General Integral, Estomatología, Medicina Militar y Farmacia. The year of publication, kind of study (descriptive, analytic, clinical trial), main variable (efficacy, safeness, others), and province where they were identified; in the case of clinical trial: the used modality, the patient's disease and the level of the health care where they took place were also identified.
Results:
36 articles were found; the years when they were published the most were 2007 and 2016; 69.4 % were clinical trials; most of them were carried out in La Habana (41.6 %). In clinical trials, the most studied modalities were acupuncture (28.0 %) and physiotherapy (20.0 %); they were used more in patients with dental diseases (28.0 %); they were used mainly at the primary health care (64.0 %).
Conclusions:
there were insufficient the articles related to clinical researches on natural and traditional medicine published in six journals approaching these themes; this situation attempts against the use of this therapeutic use, based on scientific evidences.
Palavras-chave : natural and traditional medicine; clinical trials; Cuban journals.