From: Clinical applications of palmitoylethanolamide in pain management: protocol for a scoping review
Inclusion | Exclusion | |
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Study design | Primary studies of any design that includes a control group | Systematic reviews |
Population | Patients who have chronic pain | n/a |
Intervention/exposure | Administration of PEA alone or in combination | n/a |
Outcomes | Pain reduction assessed with all approaches available for assessing pain intensity | Anything other than the selected outcomes |
Language | English | Anything other than English |
Publication status | Published in peer review journals, full-length articles | Published in not peer-review journals, unpublished works as a full-text, abstract, conference meetings |
Others | All study dates, length of follow-up, setting | n/a |