Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Use for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
carpal tunnel syndrome
occupational disease
traditional Chinese medicine
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 10 2019
24 10 2019
Historique:
received:
25
08
2019
revised:
17
10
2019
accepted:
20
10
2019
entrez:
27
10
2019
pubmed:
28
10
2019
medline:
31
3
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common musculoskeletal disorder and an occupational disease caused by repeated exercise or overuse of the hand. We investigated the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) use by practitioners in CTS patients, including demographic variables, socioeconomic status, previous medical conditions, health care use, and hospital characteristics for TCM health care. This cross-sectional study identified 25,965 patients newly diagnosed with CTS based on the first medical diagnosis recorded between 1999 and 2013 in the nationwide representative insurance database of Taiwan. The date of initial CTS diagnosis in outpatient data was defined as the index date, and four patients were excluded because of missing gender-related information. Patients who used TCM care as the first option at their diagnosis were classified as TCM users (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31652897
pii: ijerph16214086
doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214086
pmc: PMC6862695
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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