Research Article

Concurrent Use of Hypnotic Drugs and Chinese Herbal Medicine Therapies among Taiwanese Adults with Insomnia Symptoms: A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Frequency distribution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) visits by major disease categories (according to 9th ICD codes) in subjects with insomnia ever been prescribed hypnotic drugs from 2002 to 2008 in Taiwan.

Diagnosis ICD-9-CM codesTreatment days (people)
Chinese herbal remediesAcupuncture and manipulative therapies

Infectious and parasitic diseases001–13946,426 (2,027)47 (14)
Neoplasms140–23963,080 (904)777 (32)
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders240–279213,461 (4,425)890 (90)
Psychotic diseases290–319164,603 (4,417)1,781 (135)
 Somnambulism307.457,639 (2,073)268 (34)
 Others106,964 (2,542)1,513 (105)
Disease of nervous system and sense organs320–389332,372 (10,391)6,057 (1,200)
Disease of circulation system390–459257,825 (6,088)4,384 (288)
Disease of respiratory system460–5191,319,859 (26,741)2,334 (253)
Disease of digestive system520–5791,349,092 (25,113)3,501 (275)
Disease of genitourinary system580–629824,093 (15,653)4,102 (189)
Disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissues680–709238,578 (8,315)857 (72)
Disease of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue710–739647,207 (17,991)135,465 (23,473)
Symptom, signs, and ill-defined conditions780–7993,036,297 (40,342)11,642 (1,348)
 Sleep disturbance780.51,450,671 (35,386)6,733 (590)
 Others1,585,626 (29,955)4,909 (845)
Injury and poisoning800–99946,331 (3,324)138,053 (26,466)
Supplementary classificationV01–V82, E800–E999375 (30)
0 (0)
2 (2)
4 (1)
Others*67,793 (2,570)1,053 (353)

Total 8,607,392 (45,847) 310,943 (34,454)

Include ranges of 280–289, 630–677, 740–759, and 760–779 ICD-9-CM code and missing data.