Research Article

Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit

Table 3

Differences in TKM therapy regimen between inpatients and outpatients.

TKM therapy modalityInpatients (n = 129)Outpatients (n = 489) value

Herbal medicine, n (%)129 (100.0)349 (71.4)<0.001

Acupuncture, n (%)129 (100.0)366 (74.8)<0.001

Bee venom pharmacopuncture, n (%)97 (75.2)254 (51.9)<0.001

Other pharmacopuncture, n (%)2 (1.6)16 (3.3)0.238

Cupping
 Without bloodletting, n (%)106 (82.2)16 (3.3)<0.001
 With bloodletting, n (%)39 (30.2)23 (4.7)<0.001

Moxibustion
 Direct, n (%)21 (16.3)3 (0.6)<0.001
 Indirect, n (%)64 (49.6)13 (2.7)<0.001

Electroacupuncture, n (%)93 (72.1)31 (6.3)<0.001

Values are number (%). TKM; traditional Korean medicine. values were calculated by the chi-square test. value <0.05.