Attitude towards Traditional Korean Medicine Use among Hemiplegic Patients after Cerebrovascular Accident

재활치료 중인 뇌졸중환자의 한의약의료에 대한 태도

  • Han, Dong-Woon (Institute of Health Service Management, Hanyang University) ;
  • An, Taek-Soo (Institute of Health Service Management, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Soo-Jeong (Institute of Health Service Management, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Woo (Institute of Health Service Management, Hanyang University)
  • 한동운 (한양대학교 보건의료연구소) ;
  • 안택수 (한양대학교 보건의료연구소) ;
  • 최수정 (한양대학교 보건의료연구소) ;
  • 김지우 (한양대학교 보건의료연구소)
  • Received : 2011.12.07
  • Accepted : 2011.12.26
  • Published : 2011.12.31

Abstract

Background : Complementary and alternative medicine has bee used to cardiovascular diseases. In recent years, many hospitals have tried to integrate complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) with conventional medical approaches for patients with chronic diseases. Recently, the prevalence of the use of traditional Korean medicine(TKM) among patients with chronic diseases, expecially, hemiplegia patients after cerebrovascular accident is increasing in Korea. To date, however, there were only few studies addressing the patients' attitudes, and utilization of TKM, compared to the well-documented escalating use of TKM among consumers in Korea. Objectives : The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of TKM use among hemiplegia patients after cerebrovascular accident and to determine what factors affect to use CAM among the patients. The study also aims to provide information on TKM and assist therapy selection among various CAM therapies for hemiplegia patients after cerebrovascular accident within health care system in which both practitioners of TKM and practitioners of modern Western medicine coexisted. Methods : The design of the study was descriptive cross-sectional, and data were collected using a 32-items questionnaire. The subjects were one hundred fifty nine patients with chronic diseases who visited or admitted to health care facilities in a hospital in Seoul Metropolitan city, Korea. Data were analyzed using 'SPSS Statistics 18.0 Network Version(on release 18.0.1 of PASW Statistics)' program. Various statistical methods were used to obtain a profile for participants and the therapies most frequently used by hemiplegia patients of TKM. Logistic regression analysis was employed in order to determine the predicting variables of TKM use. Results : The prevalence of the use of TKM was 51.6%. The most common TKM therapies used by the patients included acupuncture(93.2%), herbal medicine(64.8%), and cupping(37.5%). Results of logistic regression analysis revealed that the variables significantly related with TKM use were gender, marital status, job, No. of visiting health care facilities/week. Conclusions : This study shows that the use of TKM among the hemiplegia patients is relatively high in Korea, this topic should be taken into account in the development of a holistic approach for patients with chronic diseases and an efficient chronic disease management system in Korea.

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