Journal of East-West Nursing Research (동서간호학연구지)

East-west Nursing Research Institute, Kyung Hee University (경희대학교 동서간호학연구소)
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In-home Use of Complementary Alternative Medicine by Stroke Patients

재가 뇌졸중환자의 보완대체요법 이용실태

  • 강현숙 (경희대학교 간호과학대학) ;
  • 김원옥 (경희대학교 간호과학대학) ;
  • 김정화 (경희대학교 간호과학대학) ;
  • 왕명자 (경희대학교 간호과학대학) ;
  • 현경선 (경희대학교 간호과학대학)
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The study was conducted to ascertain the use of the complementary alternative medicine (CAM) in stroke patients, in order to provide the appropriate CAM information to patients recovering from stoke. Methods: Subjects were 201 stroke patients who were randomly selected from a health care center and a welfare center. Data from a self-administered questionnaire collected from February to April 2009 was analyzed using SPSS/WIN 12.0. Results: Subjects averaged 67.4-yr-of-age. Of the 201 subjects, 69.2% had used CAM. CAM use was statistically significant in diagnosis, duration of post stroke, paralysis, and education about CAM. CAM was used in the mid-portion of treatment by 47.3% of the subjects, and 41.7% used it for more than a year. Of those using CAM, 52.7% of the subjects responded that their reason was the belief in the treatment's beneficial effects. Of the subjects 89.2% reported most frequent use of oriental medicine. Conclusions: The majority of stroke patients surveyed frequently and continuously used CAM in their mid-period of treatment expecting positive effects.

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