A Study on Use of Complementary-Alternative Therapy in Middle-aged Women

Park, Hyoung-Sook; Cho, Gyoo-Yeong; Kim, Miok; Lee, Suk-Ryeun

doi:10.4069/kjwhn.2005.11.3.193

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“…where n is the required sample size, p is the estimated proportion of CAM use among the general population (0.692) calculated from previous studies [30,31], d is the margin of error set on 0.05, q is the proportion of people not suing CAM (1-p), and z 0.025 is 1.96 which corresponds to the confidence interval of 95%. This equation gave the minimum sample size as 328, and we distributed a total of 400 survey questionnaires assuming a 20% non-response rate.…”

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Complementary and alternative medicine use among outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Hwang

Cho

et al. 2020

BMC Complement Med Ther

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Background: The 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea was the largest event outside of the Middle East. Under such circumstances, individuals tend to resort to non-conventional solutions such as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to manage health. Thus, this study aims to examine characteristics of CAM use among outpatients in a community hospital setting during the 2015 MERS outbreak and to assess potential predictors of CAM use during the epidemic. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 331 patients (response rate: 82.75%) at a community hospital located in Seoul, South Korea. The survey instrument included 36 questions on the use of CAM, demographic characteristics, health status, and respondents' perceptions and concerns about MERS infection. Chisquare test and logistic regression were conducted for data analysis using SPSS ver. 21.0., and a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant for all analyses. Results: 76.1% of respondents used one or more types of CAM modalities during the MERS outbreak. Consumption of easily accessible modalities such as multivitamin (51.2%) and food products (32.1%) was most popular, and the majority of CAM users relied on mass media (52.4%) and the internet (27.4%) to obtain information on CAM. The use of CAM was associated with age between 40 and 49, age over 50, prior CAM use, and dissatisfaction with the government response to the MERS outbreak.Conclusions: CAM was commonly used by outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in Korea, and mass media was the main source of information. Establishing a media platform is of paramount importance to provide reliable information and ensure the safety of its use.

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Complementary and alternative medicine use among outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Hwang

Cho

et al. 2020

BMC Complement Med Ther

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“…KHT, the complementary and alternative therapy investigated in the present study, coincides with the choice and motives of the participants and, by generalization, the client population. A recent study on the utilization ratio for complementary and alternative therapy involving 530 middle-aged Korean women (Park, Cho, Kim, & Lee, 2005) shows that the rank in treatment, in decreasing order, included hand, diet, and psychosomatic therapies. Hand therapy was developed in Korea and has been widely used because of its ease of application without limitations as to location or time.…”

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Effects of Koryo Hand Therapy on Serum Hormones and Menopausal Symptoms in Korean Women

Shin

2010

J Transcult Nurs

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Although previous studies have shown the effectiveness of Koryo hand therapy (KHT) in alleviating menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women, few studies have examined physiological data to evaluate the effect of KHT on menopausal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of KHT on biological markers such as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E(2)), and self-reported symptoms. A two-group pre-post test design was used in the study. Data were collected from October 18 to December 25, 2006. The participants were 23 people in the experimental group and 21 people in the control group. The experimental group received KHT three times per week for a total of 8 weeks. Findings show that the levels of FSH and LH were significantly different in both groups, but levels of E(2) were statistically insignificant. The data support the hypothesis that KHT may have a role in reducing menopausal symptoms in the experimental group. KHT is effective in alleviating certain menopausal symptoms and affects the serum level of FSH and LH as shown by physiological evidence and participants' self-reported symptoms. Further studies are necessary to examine the effects of KHT through more objective data.

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“…Therefore, to increase women's satisfaction with the quality of their lives after middle age, there must be an intervention to overcome the health crisis that may appear in the middle age. There is an increasing interest in health during this stage to live a healthier and more fulfilling life (Kim et al, 2005), especially in complementary and alternative medicine (Park et al, 2005).…”

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Effects of an Agro-healing Program on Promoting Mental Health of the Middle-aged

Kim

Yoo

Jeong

et al. 2021

J. People Plants Environ

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Background and objective: This study was conducted with 10 men and women in their 50s-60s to investigate the effect of agro-healing activities on the improvement of mental health.Methods: The experimental group participated in total 8 sessions of agro-healing activities, once a week for 2 hours each, at a care farm in Wanju-gun. Physiological measurements were taken with an electroencephalogram (EEG), Salivettes samples, and blood pressure before and after the activities.Results: As a result of analyzing the changes in brainwaves of the experimental group before and after agro-healing activities, relative slow alpha (RSA), relative fast alpha (RFA), and ratio of alpha to high beta (RAHB), the indices of stability and relaxation, increased after the program with statistical significance. Also, the ratio of SMR to theta (RST) of the attention index increased on the right frontal lobes, temporal lobes, and left occipital lobes, and relative low beta (RLB) increasd on the frontal lobes, temporal lobes, and occipital lobes after the program with statistical significance. The sympathetic nervous system activity, which is a stress index, decreased after the program, whereas the parasympathetic nervous system activity, which is a relaxation index, increased, showing statistical significance (p < .05). As a result of analyzing the changes in blood pressure after the program, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure decreased from prehypertension to normal blood pressure, showing statistical significance. SThese results indicate that participating in agro-healing activities at a care farm for the 50-60s helps reduce stress and improve stability and relaxation as well as attention.Conclusion: Thus, developing and applying customized agro-healing programs for participants will have a positive effect on brain activity and psychophysiological improvement by relieving tension and stress. However, there are limitations in generalizing the results of this study since most of agro-healing farms have low accessibility that leads to a low level of participants.

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A Study on Use of Complementary-Alternative Therapy in Middle-aged Women

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Complementary and alternative medicine use among outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Complementary and alternative medicine use among outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Effects of Koryo Hand Therapy on Serum Hormones and Menopausal Symptoms in Korean Women

Effects of an Agro-healing Program on Promoting Mental Health of the Middle-aged

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