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Traditional Chinese Medicine Use among Patients with Psoriasis in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Joint Authors
Weng, Shu-Wen
Chen, Bor-Chyuan
Wang, Yu-Chiao
Liu, Chun-Kai
Chang, Ching-Mao
Yen, Hung-Rong
Lin, Jaung Geng
Sun, Mao-Feng
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-10-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has long been used for patients with psoriasis.
This study aimed to investigate TCM usage in patients with psoriasis.
We analyzed a cohort of one million individuals representing the 23 million enrollees randomly selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.
We identified 28,510 patients newly diagnosed with psoriasis between 2000 and 2010.
Among them, 20,084 (70.4%) patients were TCM users.
Patients who were female, younger, white-collar workers and lived in urbanized area tended to be TCM users.
The median interval between the initial diagnosis of psoriasis to the first TCM consultation was 12 months.
More than half ( N = 11 ,609; 57.8%) of the TCM users received only Chinese herbal medicine.
Win-qing-yin and Bai-xian-pi were the most commonly prescribed Chinese herbal formula and single herb, respectively.
The core prescription pattern comprised Mu-dan-pi, Wen-qing-yin, Zi-cao, Bai-xian-pi, and Di-fu-zi.
Patients preferred TCM than Western medicine consultations when they had metabolic syndrome, hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, alopecia areata, Crohn’s disease, cancer, depression, fatty liver, chronic airway obstruction, sleep disorder, and allergic rhinitis.
In conclusion, TCM use is popular among patients with psoriasis in Taiwan.
Future clinical trials to investigate its efficacy are warranted.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Weng, Shu-Wen& Chen, Bor-Chyuan& Wang, Yu-Chiao& Liu, Chun-Kai& Sun, Mao-Feng& Chang, Ching-Mao…[et al.]. 2016. Traditional Chinese Medicine Use among Patients with Psoriasis in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104050
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Weng, Shu-Wen…[et al.]. Traditional Chinese Medicine Use among Patients with Psoriasis in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104050
American Medical Association (AMA)
Weng, Shu-Wen& Chen, Bor-Chyuan& Wang, Yu-Chiao& Liu, Chun-Kai& Sun, Mao-Feng& Chang, Ching-Mao…[et al.]. Traditional Chinese Medicine Use among Patients with Psoriasis in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104050
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104050