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KMID : 0363420070210030177
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2007 Volume.21 No. 3 p.177 ~ p.188
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The Effects of Simultaneous Treatment with Supplementary Therapy and Treatment Interval for Improving Symptoms and Satisfaction Rate by Treating Child Rhinitis or Paranasal Sinusitis Patients
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LIm Young-Kwon
Kim Hyun-Kyung
Hur Kwang-Wook
Jung Ji-A
Yun Cheol-Sang
Kim Ho-Cheol
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of simultaneous treatment with supplementary therapy and treatment interval for improving symptoms and satisfaction rate by treating child rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis patients.
Methods: 41 rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis patients who visited the clinic between April 2004 and April 2006 were involved for this study. The patients were classified into Group A(2 sessions per week, simultaneous supplementary therapy), Group B(1 session in 2 weeks, simultaneous supplementary therapy) and Group C(1 session in 2 weeks, no supplementary therapy). After the experiment, the improvement rates of symptoms and satisfaction rate were surveyed by the questionnaires. Supplementary therapies used in Group A and B were aroma spray, Saengbit-patch, cutaneous acupuncture, nebulizer and Chuna manipulation.
Results: From 41 of the rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis patients, the Group A(simultaneous treatment group, 2 sessions of intensive care per week with supplementary therapy) showed the remaining symptoms score of in average. This score was the lowest comparing with the average of in Group B(1 session in 2 weeks, simultaneous treatment group with supplementary therapy) and the average of in Group C(1 session in 2 weeks, no supplementary therapy). Nose symptoms and sleep scores were significantly lower in Group A(p<0.01). The satisfaction score was the highest in Group B that had the most remaining symptoms and it had no significant relationship with the symptom improvement. Additional analysis showed that among many factors such as treatment interval, treatment method, cost, accessibility of the clinic, family history and satisfaction with the doctor; the satisfaction with their doctor was the most closely related to the satisfaction rate of the patients.
Conclusions: In this study with 41 of rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis patients, the 2 sessions of intensive care group showed the best results in improving symptoms. Supplementary treatments were also used simultaneously; aroma spray, cutaneous acupuncture, Saengbit-patch, Chuna manipulation and nebulizer. The questionnaires showed that the satisfaction rate of the patients(care taker) was not related to the symptom improvement. Additional analysis of the factors that influence the satisfaction rate showed that it was more closely related to the satisfaction with their doctors.
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KEYWORD
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Rhinitis, ParanasalSinusitis, SatisfactionRate, HerbMedicine, CutaneousAcupuncture
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