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KMID : 0363420210350040001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2021 Volume.35 No. 4 p.1 ~ p.15
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A Survey on Korean Medicine Doctors' Recognition for Developing Korean Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for Growth Disorders
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Ahn Hye-Ri
Sim Soo-Bo
Lee Hye-Lim
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to provide data for development of the korean medicine (KM) clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for growth disorder (GD) by identifying the awareness and knowledge needs of KM doctors (KMD) through online survey.
Methods: Survey questionnaire was produced by referring to the previous recognition survey studies for clinical KMDs. The survey questionnaire was composed 18 questions regarding the current status of clinical care for GD, clinician's knowledge level about GD, and other details that clinicians use during practice. The survey was conducted from January 2021 to March 2021. An online survey was conducted on 101 KMDs from the association of pediatrics of KM.
Results: According to the survey, 96 respondents (40.3%) said the causation of GD without growth hormone deficiency needs to be included in CPG. 96 (23.5%) of the respondents wishes to utilize percentile in diagnosis and evaluation of the growth assessment. 24.7% of the clinicians were using the herbal medicine treatment. Currently, when treating with KM for GD, herbal medicine (100%) is the most widely used, followed by acupuncture (77.6%), and moxibustion (36.7%). In terms of a complex treatment, growth therapy efficacy (26.8%) is shown to be the most important factor to consider and needed to be included in CPG for the complex treatment, and diet (22.3%) is also considered to be important in GD.
Conclusions: In this study, we were able to understand the clinical KMDs' perception of GD, knowledge level, and the requirements in the CPG. The results of this study will provide the basic data for development of CPG for GD.
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KEYWORD
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Growth disorder, Survey, Clinical Practice Guidelines
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