The Effect of Herbal Medicine on Suicidal Behavior: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(This article belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Registration
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.3.1. Types of Studies
2.3.2. Types of Participants
2.3.3. Types of Interventions
2.3.4. Types of Comparators
2.3.5. Types of Outcomes
2.4. Study Selection
2.5. Data Extraction
2.6. Quality Assessment
2.7. Data Synthesis and Data Analysis
2.8. Evaluation of Evidence Certainty
2.9. Assessment of Publication Bias
2.10. Ethics and Dissemination
3. Discussion
3.1. Suicide as a Global Health Problem
3.2. The Value of Investigating Herbal Medicine in the Context of Suicidal Behavior
3.2.1. Its Potentially Beneficial Effects on Health Conditions Associated with Suicide Risk
3.2.2. Complement the Limitations of Existing Biologics
3.2.3. Potential Underlying Biological Mechanisms of Herbal Medicine for Suicide Risk
3.2.4. Policy and Clinical Implications of Investigating Herbal Medicine in the Context of Suicidal Behavior
3.3. Importance of Establishing a Protocol of This Systematic Review
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleKwon, Chan-Young, and Boram Lee. 2023. "The Effect of Herbal Medicine on Suicidal Behavior: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" Healthcare 11, no. 10: 1387. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101387