Therapeutic Effect of Comprehensive Traditional Chinese Medical Therapy for Regulating Spleen and Stomach in Treating Tinnitus / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the short-term and long-term effect of comprehensive traditional Chinese medical therapy for regulating spleen and stomach in treating tinnitus. Methods Telephone follow-up was carried out in 333 cases of qualified tinnitus outpatients and inpatients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine admitted from January of 2008 to December of 2014. All of the included patients were treated by comprehensive traditional Chinese medical therapy for regulating spleen and stomach. The degree of tinnitus was evaluated by Tinnitus Effect Questionnaire(TEQ) on the first visit and the last visit and during follow-up, and then the TEQ scores were analyzed by statistical methods. Results On the first visit, the mean TEQ scores were 11.17 ± 3.11. On the last visit, the mean treatment course was 33.64 ± 37.07 days, and the mean TEQ scores were 9.57 ± 3.43; 5 cases were cured, 25 were markedly effective, 79 were effective, 224 were ineffective, and the total effective rate was 32.73%. The interval of the first follow-up to the first visit averaged 32.89 ± 8.53 months, and the mean TEQ scores were 5.35 ± 3.71 during the interval; 20 cases were cured, 21 were markedly effective, 39 were effective, 43 were ineffective, and the total effective rate was 65.04%. The interval of the second follow-up to the first visit averaged 57.48 ± 7.91 months, and the mean TEQ scores were 3.42 ± 3.39 during the interval; 37 cases were cured, 21 were markedly effective, 26 were effective, 39 were ineffective, and the total effective rate was 68.29%. Conclusion Comprehensive traditional Chinese medical therapy for regulating spleen and stomach has certain effect in treating tinnitus, and the long-term effect is satisfactory.