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

Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021;2021:6842863 Authors: Yang JY, Jin C, Lee J, Lee HG, Cho SY, Park SU, Jung WS, Moon SK, Park JM, Ko CN, Cho KH, Kwon S Abstract 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. PMID: 33505501 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research