The Pilot Survey of the Perception on the Practice Pattern, Diagnosis, and Treatment on Korean Medicine Insomnia: Focusing on the Difference between Korean Medical Neuropsychiatry Specialists and Korean Medical General Practitioners
Table 11
The difficulties in treating insomnia by Korean medicine.
Category
Total ()
KMGP ()
KMNPS ()
Delayed effectiveness
218 (61.1%)
175 (57.6%)
43 (81.1%)
10.583
.005
Differential diagnosing from other mental disorder
49 (13.7%)
42 (13.8%)
7 (13.2%)
.012
.912
Objective evaluation
163 (45.5%)
142 (46.6%)
21 (39.6%)
.876
.349
Pattern identification
14 (3.9%)
14 (4.6%)
0 (0.0%)
2.532
.112
Cost burden of patients
229 (64.0%)
189 (62.0%)
40 (75.5%)
3.573
.059
Patients’ negative character
21 (5.9%)
20 (6.6%)
1 (1.9%)
1.784
.182
Other
15 (4.2%)
13 (4.3%)
2 (3.8%)
.027
.870
KMGP: Korean medical general practitioner, KMNPS: Korean medical neuropsychiatry specialist.
