Irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation management with integrative medicine: A systematic review

Table 1 General information of 30 clinical practice guidelines

Disease	No.	Title	Publication year	Academic organization	Category	Medical system
Irritable bowel syndrome	1	American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: Irritable bowel syndrome	2002	American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)	EB	WM
	2	Guidelines on the irritable bowel syndrome: mechanisms and practical management	2007	British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)	EB	WM
	3	Asian consensus on irritable bowel syndrome	2010	Asian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (ANMA)	EB	WM
	4	Diagnosis and treatment consensus on irritable bowel syndrome with traditional Chinese medicine	2010	China Society of Digestive Diseases in Chinese Medicine	CB	TCM
	5	Irritable bowel syndrome--the main recommendations	2011	German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) German Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility (DGNM)	EB	WM
	6	Consensus on irritable bowel syndrome by integrative medicine	2011	Speciality Committee of Digestive Diseases, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine (CAIM)	CB-EB	IM
	7	American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome	2014	American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)	EB	WM
	8	Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome	2015	Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE)	EB	WM
	9	Irritable bowel syndrome: a global perspective	2015	World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO)	CB-EB	WM
	10	Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management	2015	National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NICE)	CB-EB	WM
	11	Expert consensus on irritable bowel syndrome in China	2016	Chinese Society of Gastroenterology (CSGE)	EB	WM
	12	Danish national guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome	2017	Danish Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology (DSGH)	EB	WM
	13	Diagnosis and treatment consensus on irritable bowel syndrome with traditional Chinese medicine (2017)	2017	China Society of Digestive Diseases in Chinese Medicine	CB	TCM
	14	The current treatment landscape of irritable bowel syndrome in adults in Hong Kong: Consensus statements	2017	Multidisciplinary group of clinicians	CB-EB	WM
	15	Diagnosis and treatment consensus on irritable bowel syndrome with integrative medicine (2017)	2017	Speciality Committee of Digestive Diseases, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine (CAIM)	CB	IM
	16	Clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome in Korea, 2017 revised edition	2018	Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (KSNM)	EB	WM
Functional constipation	1	Diagnosis and treatment consensus on functional constipation with traditional Chinese medicine	2011	China Society of Digestive Diseases in Chinese Medicine	CB	TCM
	2	World Gastroenterology Organisation global guideline constipation - a global perspective	2011	World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO)	CB-EB	WM
	3	Consensus statement AIGO/SICCR: Diagnosis and treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation	2012	Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists (AIGO), Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery (SICCR)	EB	WM
	4	American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on constipation	2013	American Gastroenterological Association medical (AGA)	EB	WM
	5	Diagnosis and treatment guideline of chronic constipation in China	2013	Gastrointestinal Motility Group of Digestive Disease Branch and Colorecatal Group of Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association	CB-EB	WM
	6	Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic functional constipation in Korea, 2015 revised edition	2016	Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (KSNM)	EB	WM
	7	Diagnosis and treatment expert consensus on chronic constipation with traditional Chinese medicine (2017)	2017	China Association of Chinese Medicine (CACM)	CB	TCM
	8	Diagnosis and treatment consensus on chronic constipation with integrative medicine	2018	Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine (CAIM)	CB	IM
	9	Clinical practice guidelines from the French National Society of Coloproctology in treating chronic constipation	2018	French National Society of Coloproctology (SNFCP)	EB	WM
	10	Indian consensus on chronic constipation in adults: A joint position statement of the Indian Motility and Functional Diseases Association and the Indian Society of Gastroenterology	2018	Indian Motility and Functional Diseases Association, Indian Society of Gastroenterology	EB	WM
Both	1	Recommendations on chronic constipation (including constipation associated with irritable bowel syndrome) treatment	2007	Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG)	EB	WM
	2	Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of common internal diseases in Chinese medicine: Diseases of modern medicine	2008	China Association of Chinese Medicine (CACM)	CB	TCM
	3	American College of Gastroenterology monograph on the management of irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation	2014	American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)	EB	WM
	4	Clinical practice guideline: Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and functional constipation in the adult	2016	Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD), Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria (semFYC), Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (SEMERGEN) and Sociedad Española de Médicos Generales y de Familia (SEMG)	EB	WM

CB: Consensus-based; CB-EB: Consensus-based with no comprehensive consideration of evidence-based; EB: Evidence-based; IM: Integrative medicine; TCM: Traditional Chinese medicine; WM: Western medicine.