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 7
The acupuncture treatment methods, selected acupoints for insomnia, and the difference between KMGP and KMNPS.
Category
Classification
Total ()
KMGP ()
KMNPS ()
Acupuncture treatment method
General acupuncture
264 (73.7%)
216 (70.8%)
48 (90.6%)
9.093
.003
Auricular acupuncture
39 (10.9%)
30 (9.8%)
9 (17.0%)
2.375
.123
Scalp acupuncture
32 (8.9%)
24 (7.9%)
8 (15.1%)
2.896
.089
O-Haeng acupuncture
75 (20.9%)
68 (22.3%)
7 (13.2%)
2.252
.133
Constitutional acupuncture
29 (8.1%)
28 (9.2%)
1 (1.9%)
3.243
.072
Dong-Si acupuncture
36 (10.1%)
33 (10.8%)
3 (5.7%)
1.329
.249
Sa-am acupuncture
122 (34.1%)
105 (34.4%)
17 (32.1%)
.111
.739
Other
15 (4.2%)
15 (4.9%)
0 (0.0%)
2.721
.099
Acupuncture point
GV20
243 (67.9%)
202 (66.2%)
41 (77.4%)
2.565
.109
Sishencong
121 (33.9%)
102 (33.6%)
19 (35.8%)
.106
.744
HT07
158 (44.1%)
124 (40.7%)
34 (64.2%)
10.110
.001
HT08
96 (26.8%)
81 (26.6%)
15 (28.3%)
.070
.791
PC06
159 (44.4%)
131 (43.0%)
28 (52.8%)
1.911
.385
ST36
102 (28.5%)
84 (27.5%)
18 (34.0%)
.914
.339
BL62
77 (21.5%)
61 (20.0%)
16 (30.2%)
2.776
.096
KI06
90 (25.1%)
68 (22.3%)
22 (41.5%)
8.858
.003
SP06
95 (26.5%)
68 (22.3%)
27 (50.9%)
19.010
.000
Other
93 (26.0%)
79 (25.9%)
14 (26.4%)
.006
.937
KMGP: Korean medical general practitioner, KMNPS Korean medical neuropsychiatry specialist.
