• Haoyu Tian, Shengnan Han, Jing Hu, Xiangyu Peng, Wei Zhang, Wanyu Wang, Xianghua Qi, and Jing Teng.
• Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Dec 10; 100 (49): e28176e28176.

BackgroundAs a specific type of depression, postpartum depression (PPD) causes an adverse hazard to the mother's physical and mental health. Considering the safety requirements for lactation and the expectation of the rapid response to treatment, the search for safe and effective alternative therapies has attracted wide attention. Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese exercise therapy, has been widely used to relieve the symptoms and complications of patients with PPD, which the clinical efficacy is questioned. We conduct a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis to find clinical medical evidence of Tai Chi in the treatment of PPD.MethodsPubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Science, and Technology Journal Database and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database will be searched from their inception of databases to September 30, 2021. Two reviewers will select articles, extract data, and assess the risk of bias independently. Any disagreement will be resolved by discussion with the third reviewer. Review Manager 5.3 software will be used for data synthesis. The Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool will be used to assess the risk of bias.ResultsThis study will conduct a comprehensive literature search and provide a systematic synthesis of current published data to explore the effectiveness of Tai Chi for PPD.ConclusionsThe findings of our study will provide updated evidence to determine whether Tai Chi is an effective intervention for patients with PPD, which will help clinicians make a better alternative treatment schedule of PPD patients and provide a reliable basis for health-related policymakers.Study Registration NumberCRD42021276676.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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