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KMID : 1138520030060010016
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Journal of Pharmacopuncture
2003 Volume.6 No. 1 p.16 ~ p.17
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Effects of Herbal Acupuncture(Soyeum) on Cancer Patients Accompanied by Pain
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Yoo Hwa-Seung
Cho Jung-Hyo
Choi Chong-Kwan
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was designed to evaluate effects of ’’Soyeum’’ on cancer patients accompanied by pain. Materials and Methods : We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 9 patients accompanied by pain who had been injected with ’’Soyeum’’ for over 14 days continuously in East-West Cancer Center of Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University from June 2002 through august 2002. Results : The statistical significance between the pre-treatment and post-treatment results (Changes of Cytokine Level, QOL, BPQ and Pain relief after pain management) were analyzed. Analysis of cytokines (IL-12, IFN- ) level showed that the percentage of increase of lL-12 is 60%, IFN- is 60%. Analysis of QOL showed that the percentage of maintenance and improvement is 77.8%. 55.5% of the patients reported a ’’worst pain’’ intensity score of 3 or greater, 44.5% reported a ’’least pain’’ intensity score of 2 or greater, and 66.7% reported ’’average pain’’ intensity score of 2 or greater. 33.3% of the patients were in pain at the time of interview and 22.2% had a current intensity score of 2 or greater. Analysis of pain relief after pain management showed that the percentage of pain relief score of 2 and 3 is 55.6%. The data was expressed as Mean SE by using descriptive statistics. Statistical significance examined by using paired t-test. Conclusions : It is suggested that ’’Soyeum’’ has effects on pain of cancer patients, also expected that ’’Soyeum’’ is useful to improve immunoactivity and for cancer patients
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KEYWORD
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Cancer pain, QOL, BPQ, Analgesic ladder, Pain relief, Soyeum
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