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http://dx.doi.org/10.13067/JKIECS.2013.8.7.1103

The Relationship between Dysmenorrhea and Alternative Medicine among the Internet Age  

Park, Sun-Mi (조선대학교 보완대체학과)
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The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences / v.8, no.7, 2013 , pp. 1103-1110 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was investigated the subjects' satisfaction in the therapy among the internet age. The subjects of the study were 200 women who have menses in ages from 18 to 55 among visitors of five public health centers and attendants of A church in Gwangju. The period of the study ranged from September 6 to October 10, 2010. As a study instrument, this study used a questionnaire developed based on questions from studies published by An Seung-duk(2003). This study used SPSS 17.0, for a frequency analysis, a cross-tabulation and a chi-squared test. During the analysis, 43.4% of the subjects used the complementary alternative therapy. 56.3% visited used oriental medical clinics or herbal medicine shops as places to use the therapy, 42.5% received medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and cupping at oriental medical clinics. As expenses of the therapy, 56.3% spent less than 500,000 won a year. After the therapy, 51% answered they were satisfied with the therapy. In conclusion, it was discovered that use rate of the therapy is increasing, the subjects decided to use the therapy for themselves or through recommendation from acquaintances, and they mainly depended on reliable oriental medical clinics or folk remedies against menstrual pain, and insurance benefits for the therapy should be considered except oriental medical hospitals or clinics.
Keywords
Patients with Menstrual Pain; Complementary Alternative Therapy; Use Condition and Use Rate;
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