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http://dx.doi.org/10.6114/jkood.2014.27.1.037

Pattern of Treatment Choice for Atopic Dermatitis by Child's Parents  

Son, Chang-Gue (Department of oriental medicine, Daejeon University)
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The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology / v.27, no.1, 2014 , pp. 37-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective : This study aimed to survey the pattern of the treatment choice for atopic dermatitis. Methods : The questionnaire-based survey was conducted from the parents of 310 patients (median age 9 years, range 2 to 21 year, 158 male and 152 female) with atopic dermatitis. The questionnaire was consisted of 11 questions for the demographic information including treatment choice for atopic dermatitis. Results : The most agonizing factor of atopic dermatitis was pruritus, while the most frequent regions were arms and legs. Conventional therapy (60.3%), folk-remedy (23.9%) and treatment of Korean medicine (15.8%) were the preference of treatment by patients. Over half answers (58.4%) were negative for the current treatments, and the main complains was the absence of radical therapy (26.5%), insufficient information (20.6%), and expensive cost of treatments (19.0%), respectively. Conclusion : This study may provide the important information for the general prospective of parents of patients with atopic dermatitis, which is helpful to develop the Korean medicine-derived therapeutics for atopic dermatitis.
Keywords
Atopic dermatitis; Korean Medicine; Survey;
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