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KMID : 1189420140270010037
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2014 Volume.27 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.44
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Pattern of Treatment Choice for Atopic Dermatitis by Child's Parents
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Son Chang-Gue
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Abstract
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Objective : This study aimed to survey the pattern of the treatment choice for atopic dermatitis.
Methods : The questionnaire-based survey was conducted from the parents of 310 patients (median age 9 years, range 2 to 21 year, 158 male and 152 female) with atopic dermatitis. The questionnaire was consisted of 11 questions for the demographic information including treatment choice for atopic dermatitis.
Results : The most agonizing factor of atopic dermatitis was pruritus, while the most frequent regions were arms and legs. Conventional therapy (60.3%), folk-remedy (23.9%) and treatment of Korean medicine (15.8%) were the preference of treatment by patients. Over half answers (58.4%) were negative for the current treatments, and the main complains was the absence of radical therapy (26.5%), insufficient information (20.6%), and expensive cost of treatments (19.0%), respectively.
Conclusion : This study may provide the important information for the general prospective of parents of patients with atopic dermatitis, which is helpful to develop the Korean medicine-derived therapeutics for atopic dermatitis.
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KEYWORD
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Atopic dermatitis, Korean Medicine, Survey
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