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KMID : 0861120110150030067
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2011 Volume.15 No. 3 p.67 ~ p.81
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Attitude towards Traditional Korean Medicine Use among Hemiplegic Patients after Cerebrovascular Accident
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Han Dong-Woon
An Taek-Soo
Choi Soo-Jeong
Kim Ji-Woo
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Abstract
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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 admittedto 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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KEYWORD
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Traditional Korean Medicine, Patients with Chronic Diseases, hemiplegia patients after cerebrovascular accident, use of TKM
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