Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dry Eye Treatment by Institutional Chinese Physicians in Singapore
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Practice of TCM practitioners in treatment of dry eye disease. Bar chart representing (a) modalities of TCM treatment that practitioners have used to treat dry eye. “Herbal medication” represents oral herbal decoctions or patent pills; “external treatment” refers to modalities such as hot compress and external herbal wash and eye drops refer to conventional topical eye drops, (b) charges for acupuncture treatment per session, (c) charges for nonacupuncture TCM treatment per session, (d) period of time from the last TCM treatment of a dry eye patient, (e) average number of dry eye patients treated per week by TCM practitioners, (f) frequency of TCM treatment and follow-up visits for dry eye patients, and (g) entire span of TCM treatment course for dry eye patients. Wk: week, Mth: month. All charges are in Singapore currency.
