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KMID : 1123920210350030104
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2021 Volume.35 No. 3 p.104 ~ p.116
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Observational Study of the Treatment of 116 Cases of High Risk Group for Dementia and Depression in Multiple Korean Medicine Clinic
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Ahn Young-Sung
Chang Kun
Kim Mun-Soo
Park Joon-Young
Kim Yong-Gi
Ha Hyun-Yee
Choi Jung-Gil
Lee Jae-Yeul
Lee Dong-Suk
Hwang Ji-Hye
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Abstract
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In order to reduce the social and economic costs due to the increase in dementia patients, which is a representative senile disease in an aging society, it will be important to prevent dementia and to detect and treat early in high-risk groups. This study reported the results of treatment for the elderly with high risk of dementia and depression who received Korean medicine (KM) treatment in 9 KM clinics. Medical charts were surveyed on 116 patients with high risk of dementia and depression who received KM treatment at 9 KM clinics in Gangseo-gu from September 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. The majority of the patients were female(76.72%), the average age was 71.66±7.18 years old, and the average education level was 8.96±3.91 years. The average treatment period was 61.47±10.30 days, the average number of treatments was 15.38±1.06 times, and both acupuncture and herbal medicine were administered. After receiving KM treatment, cognitive assessment scores such as MMSE-DS and MoCA-K, depression-related GDSSF-K score, dementia knowledge, attitude, and preventive behavior, blood debilitation scale, and GQOL-D score were improved compared to before. There was no specific adverse reaction except that one patient with elevated AST and ALT levels was observed. This study showed improvement in cognitive function, depression, dementia-related scale, and quality of life in high-risk groups for dementia and depression over 60 years old who received KM treatment. More systematic and large-scale planned clinical studies will be needed.
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KEYWORD
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Dementia, Depression, Traditional Korean Medicine, Cognitive function
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