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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2023

Efficacy and safety of the Chinese herbal medicine Xiao Yao San for treating anxiety: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.

Yifan Wang, Xiaofeng Chen, Wei Wei, Yiyun Ding, Rongjuan Guo, Jia Xing, Jialin Wang

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yifan Wang *Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiaofeng Chen *The First Affiliated Hospital, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China.
Wei WeiDongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yiyun DingPsychosomatic Department, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Rongjuan GuoPsychosomatic Department, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jia XingPsychosomatic Department, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jialin WangRehabilitation Department, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNYunnan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

anxiety disorderChinese herbal medicinemeta analysissystematic reviewtrial sequential analysisXiao Yao San

Identifiers

PMID37905203
PMCPMC10613521
OpenAlexW4387569170

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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