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KMID : 0363420180320010044
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2018 Volume.32 No. 1 p.44 ~ p.53
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A Qualitative Study on Traditional Korean Medicine Treatment for Child Patients with Night Crying - With a Focus on Descriptions by Main Fosterers ?
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Kim Hye-Jin
Jeon Chae-Heun
Kim Eun-Ji
Kim Hyun-Ho
Leem Jung-Tae
Ryu Su-Hyang
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study sets out to examine treatment experiences of child patients with night crying based on the traditional Korean medicine. Also, the study traces the process in which clients chose traditional Korean medicine treatment, and proposes a possible future direction of Korean medicine treatment.
Methods: The investigator conducted a semi-standardized open-ended question interview with two main fosterers of a child who received traditional Korean medicine treatment for night crying, and examined two fosterers’ experiences of a
child with the traditional Korean medicine treatment. Their interviews were recorded with their facial expressions and acts for analysis. Collected data was analyzed based on the Grounded theory.
Results: The participants felt a sense of responsibility, worry, and fear for their children with night crying. They had easy
access to traditional Korean medicine doctors who were in the community and had positive experiences with traditional Korean medicine treatment. They reported that some people had been forced to use traditional Korean medicine, had misunderstandings about traditional Korean medicine, and had prejudice that night crying is not a disease. They felt there was a room for improvement in terms of the high medical expenses and the absence of a cooperative system between Oriental and Western medicine.
Conclusions: As the first qualitative study on night crying based on the traditional Korean medicine treatment, this study proposed a future direction for traditional Korean medicine treatment for night crying in the shoes of fosterers. The findings showed that the fosterers chose traditional Korean medicine treatment for night crying child based on their feelings, accessibility and experiences with traditional Korean medicine. Fosterers felt a need for improvement of the general public’s perceptions about Korean medicine treatment on night crying, and a cooperative system between Oriental and Western medicine.
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KEYWORD
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Night crying, Fosterer, Qualitative study, Interview
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