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KMID : 0363620120330010024
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2012 Volume.33 No. 1 p.24 ~ p.41
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Research Trend Analysis of the Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Korea
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Kim Sul-Gi
Lee Sang-Hun
Seo Hyun-Ju
Baek Seung-Min
Choi Sun-Mi
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study reviewed research trends concerning the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and to suggest future research directions appropriate to medical circumstances in Korea.
Methods: We searched for surveys of CAM use in 8 databases including 6 Korean databases, Ovid MEDLINE, and the CINAHL electronic database. Three independent reviewers working in pairs screened titles and abstracts of articles for eligibility. Full text was retrieved in case of disagreement on the eligibility. The main analysis targets included survey researcher’s affiliation, terminology used in the title, study subject, definition of CAM, classifications of CAM modalities, and the area assortment of CAM and traditional Korean medicine (TKM).
Results: 92 articles were included for analysis. The major constituent of affiliation was doctors (53%). According to years, study subjects were diversified to a large range of diseases. Since 2003, terminology is absorbed to use CAM. But actually, the most commonly used definition in the research was comprehensive such as "not generally considered part of major medicine" (55.4%) and the most used classification of CAM was self-criteria (61.9%). As for area assortment of CAM and TKM, many therapies exist in a gray zone between CAM and TKM.
Conclusions: Standardized definition and classification criteria about CAM fit to the Korean healthcare system have not yet developed. For traditional Korean medicine academia, more concern should be paid to establishing appropriate development of definitions and classification criteria.
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KEYWORD
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Complementary and alternative medicine, CAM, folk remedies, survey, trend, traditional Korean medicine
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