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 4

The diagnosis methods for insomnia and the difference between KMGP and KMNPS.

Diagnostic tool	Total ()	KMGP ()	KMNPS ()
Patient’s chief complaints	354 (98.9%)	301 (98.7%)	53 (100.0%)	.703	.402
Questionnaire	23 (6.4%)	3 (1.0%)	20 (37.7%)	101.450	.000
EEG including neurofeedback	10 (2.8%)	6 (2.0%)	4 (7.5%)	5.178	.023
HRV	53 (14.8%)	29 (9.5%)	24 (45.3%)	45.818	.000
Refer to other department	1 (.3%)	1 (.3%)	0 (0.0%)	.174	.676
Pulse diagnosis	45 (12.6%)	39 (12.8%)	6 (11.3%)	.088	.766
Other	10 (2.8%)	8 (2.6%)	2 (3.8%)	.220	.639

KMGP: Korean medical general practitioner, KMNPS: Korean medical neuropsychiatry specialist, and HRV: heart rate variability.