Survey study of conditions of patients with acute stroke seeking for acupuncture treatment / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

To explore possible factors that affecting patients with acute stroke seeking for acupuncture treatment by questionnaire survey. The average age of the 202 patients was 63.14. Before the survey, only 66 patients had received acupuncture treatment, and 136 patients did not consider accepting acupuncture treatment. After the survey, there were more patients want to accept acupuncture treatment (P < 0.05). Patients expressed three major opinions about acupuncture, i.e., lack of knowledge of acupuncture, analgesia after needling, and slow effectiveness. Patients lack awareness of acupuncture and cultural identity. Therefore, it is urgent to promote awareness of acupuncture, strengthen culture identity which will facilitate the development of acupuncture.