Survey of Integrative Treatment Practices of Korean Medicine Doctors for Cervical Disc Herniation: Preliminary Data for Clinical Practice Guidelines
Table 3
Influence of factors in prognosis determination and importance of individual treatment method effects for cervical disc herniation.
Prognostic factors
Importance
Treatment methods
Short-term (8 weeks) treatment effects
Long-term (1 year) treatment effects
Mean±SD
Mean±SD
Mean±SD
Clinical
6.2±0.9
Herbal medicine
6.1±0.9
6.3±0.9
Radiological findings
5.9±1.0
Pharmacopuncture
6.3±0.8
5.9±1.0
Medical history
5.8±0.9
Chuna manual therapy
6.0±0.8
5.7±1.1
Patient perception of and attitude toward disorder
5.7±1.1
Acupuncture
5.9±1.0
5.7±1.1
Time from onset and cause of onset
5.6±1.1
Bee venom pharmacopuncture
6.1±0.9
5.5±1.2
Age
5.4±1.0
Moxibustion
4.0±1.3
4.3±1.4
Physical examination
5.2±1.2
Cupping
4.7±1.3
4.4±1.3
Personality and other psychological factors
5.2±1.2
Physiotherapy
4.9±1.2
4.5±1.3
Comorbidities
4.5±1.2
Doin conduction exercise
4.6±1.3
4.8±1.4
Korean medicine syndrome differentiation
3.9±1.4
Qigong, Tai Chi
3.3±1.5
3.7±1.7
Other (exercise habits, muscle mass, occupation, and posture)
6.0±0.0
Other
3.4±1.6
3.5±1.7
Factor most frequently ranked (Importance: 1=not important at all, 2=unimportant, 3=somewhat unimportant, 4=neither important nor unimportant, 5=somewhat important, 6=important, and 7=very important.)
