Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit | Zendy

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Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit

Author(s) -

Jung Yun Yang,

Chul Jin,

Ji-Eun Lee,

Han-gyul Lee,

SeungYeon Cho,

Seong-Uk Park,

WooSang Jung,

SangKwan Moon,

JungMi Park,

ChangNam Ko,

KiHo Cho,

Seungwon Kwon

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.552

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1741-4288

pISSN - 1741-427X

DOI - 10.1155/2021/6842863

Subject(s) - medicine , medical record , acupuncture , audit , disease , parkinson's disease , integrative medicine , alternative medicine , modalities , physical therapy , social science , management , pathology , sociology , economics

Parkinson disease (PD) patients' demand for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has thus been increasing. We investigated the characteristics of PD patients who visited the Korean Medicine Hospital, the official CAM clinic in Korea. The medical records of PD patients were reviewed retrospectively. The demographic and disease-related characteristics, motivation for visiting, and treatment modalities were collected and analyzed. Medical records from 618 patients were reviewed. Most patients (67.6%) had been already diagnosed with PD at the initial visit. The most frequent complaint was gait disturbance. Previously diagnosed patients visited most frequently for add-on CAM therapies. The most frequently used CAM therapy was acupuncture. The most frequently prescribed herbal medicine was modified Ukgansan. We found the main reason for seeking out CAM was to compensate for the effects of conventional therapies. Further prospective studies will be necessary to collect enough data and evaluate the effectiveness of CAM therapies.

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