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 5
The treatment method for insomnia and the difference between KMGP and KMNPS.
Treatment method
Total ()
KMGP ()
KMNPS ()
Acupuncture
349 (97.5%)
297 (97.4%)
52 (98.1%)
.100
.752
Electroacupuncture
57 (15.9%)
40 (13.1%)
17 (32.1%)
12.126
.000
Auricular acupuncture
50 (14.0%)
38 (12.5%)
12 (22.6%)
3.896
.048
Intradermal acupuncture
34 (9.5%)
31 (10.2%)
3 (5.7%)
1.065
.302
Warm acupuncture
8 (2.2%)
8 (2.6%)
0 (0.0%)
1.422
.233
Burning acupuncture
3 (0.8%)
2 (0.7%)
1 (1.9%)
.824
.364
Acupotomy
1 (0.3%)
1 (0.3%)
0 (0.0%)
.174
.676
Pharmacopuncture
109 (30.4%)
98 (32.1%)
11 (20.8%)
2.760
.097
Bee venom herbal acupuncture
7 (2.0%)
7 (2.3%)
0 (0.0%)
1.241
.265
Chuna
56 (15.6%)
42 (13.8%)
14 (26.4%)
5.471
.019
Dao Yin exercise
10 (2.8%)
6 (2.0%)
4 (7.5%)
5.178
.023
Insured herbal extract granules
74 (20.7%)
51 (16.7%)
23 (43.4%)
19.594
.000
Uninsured herbal extract granules
88 (24.6%)
63 (20.7%)
25 (47.2%)
17.122
.000
Herbal medicine decoction
309 (86.3%)
260 (85.2%)
49 (92.5%)
1.985
.159
Wet cupping
81 (22.6%)
64 (21.0%)
17 (32.1%)
3.173
.075
Dry cupping
97 (27.1%)
73 (23.9%)
24 (45.3%)
10.516
.005
Moxibustion
163 (45.5%)
136 (44.6%)
27 (50.9%)
.735
.391
Needle embedding therapy
4 (1.1%)
4 (1.3%)
0 (0.0%)
.703
.402
Ice & hot pack
27 (7.5%)
23 (7.5%)
4 (7.5%)
.000
.999
Meditation
35 (9.8%)
16 (5.2%)
19 (35.8%)
47.942
.000
TENS
24 (6.7%)
22 (7.2%)
2 (3.8%)
.854
.355
ICT
29 (8.1%)
25 (8.2%)
4 (7.5%)
.026
.873
Deep heat- diathermy
5 (1.4%)
5 (1.6%)
0 (0.0%)
.881
.348
Laser
4 (1.1%)
3 (1.0%)
1 (1.9%)
.333
.564
Aromatherapy
27 (7.5%)
11 (3.6%)
16 (30.2%)
45.756
.000
Psychotherapy
75 (20.9%)
48 (15.7%)
27 (50.9%)
33.794
.000
Biofeedback
4 (1.1%)
2 (0.7%)
2 (3.8%)
3.973
.046
Other
3 (0.8%)
2 (0.7%)
1 (1.9%)
.824
.364
KMGP: Korean medical general practitioner, KMNPS: Korean medical neuropsychiatry specialist.
