Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume 23 Issue 6
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- Pages.177-187
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- 2006
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- 2586-288X(pISSN)
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- 2586-2898(eISSN)
Telephone Survey for Grasping Clinical Actual State of Bloodletting Therapeutics in Korea
국내 자락(사혈)요법 임상 실태 파악을 위한 전화조사
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Han, Chang-Hyun
(Department of Medical Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Kim, Seon-Woong
(Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science, Dongguk University) ;
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Lee, Seung-Deok
(Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Shin, Mi-Suk (Department of Medical Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Shin, Seon-Hwa
(Department of Medical Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Choi, Sun-Mi
(Department of Medical Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
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한창현
(한국한의학연구원 의료연구부) ;
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김선웅
(동국대학교 통계학과) ;
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이승덕
(동국대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
- 신미숙 (한국한의학연구원 의료연구부) ;
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신선화
(한국한의학연구원 의료연구부) ;
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최선미
(한국한의학연구원 의료연구부)
- Published : 2006.12.20
Abstract
Objectives : Bloodletting therapeutics is one of the most popular oriental treatments in Korea. In this study, we operate the Telephone Survey for grasping clinical actual state bloodletting therapeutics in Korea. Methods : The list of the Korean medical doctors with experiences more than 10 years is provided by the Association of the Korean Oriental Medicine. A stratified random sample of Korean medical doctors is drawn for the telephone interviews. We choose a bound on the error of estimation equal to 3.2 percentage, and the sample size is 321 for the national sample. We develop a questionnaire for telephone interviews. We carefully design the questionnaire to minimize non-sampling errors by using the focus group activities and the pretest. We give the details of the results based on the sample design. Also, we present some socialdemograhpic characteristics for the samples. Telephone interviews with them were conducted by the well-trained interviewers of College of Korean Medicine student from 11th May 2006 to 17th May 2006. Results : 1. Two hundred eighty eight(89.4%) out of 322 Korean oriental medical doctors used bloodletting therapeutics. 2. The most common main bloodletting treatment is reported by patients was musculo-skeletal disorder(60.2%). 3. Two hundred ninety one(90.3%) out of 322 Korean oriental medical doctors opposed that commercial using bloodletting without medical diagnosis. Conclusion : Bloodletting therapeutics is one of the most popular oriental treatments in Korea. The majority(89.4%) of Korean medical doctors used bloodletting therapeutics in this survey.