Abstract
ABSTRACT Systematic Review on Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Female Sexual DysfunctionYoung-Min Jeong, Song-Baek Kim, Chang-Min ChoiYun-Jung Seo, Han-Baek ChoDept. of Oriental Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Won-Kwang UniversityObjectives: The aim of this study was to review systemically clinical tria ls on the trends of studies for Complementary and Alternative Medicin e in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction and provide basic resource for fut ure treatment and suggestions for improving research methods.Methods: Through medical website ‘Pubmed', foreign clinical literatures about female sexual dysfunction were se arched and domestic clinical literatures about female sexual dysfunction were searched using internet websites ‘National assembly library', ‘KISS', ‘RISS', ‘Korean traditional knowledge portal'. Results: Total 19 literatures were selected from January 2000 to June 2012. 15 foreign literatures were select ed through medical website and 4 domestic literatures were chosen using internet websi tes or hand-searching. 5 litera tures were published in 2008 and 13 literatures mentioned about age group of patient s. FSFI is most common tool for female sexual dysfunction. 9 of 19 literatures were us ing Herbal medicine for treatment. 5 literatures were about CBT, 6 literatures were about Biofeedback and other one literatures are about Perineal massage. There wer e 14 Randomized controlled trials and 5 Non-randomized controlled trials. And r andomized controlled trials were relatively low in risk of bias than non-randomized controlled trials.Conclusions: Upon these results, in similar future more clinical trials sho uld be done and accumulate Evidence-based literatures.Key Words: Female sexual dysfunction, Complementary alternative medicine, Oriental medicine, Clinical trial, Systematic review
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