Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit

Table 3

Differences in TKM therapy regimen between inpatients and outpatients.

TKM therapy modality	Inpatients (n = 129)	Outpatients (n = 489)	value
Herbal medicine, n (%)	129 (100.0)	349 (71.4)	<0.001
Acupuncture, n (%)	129 (100.0)	366 (74.8)	<0.001
Bee venom pharmacopuncture, n (%)	97 (75.2)	254 (51.9)	<0.001
Other pharmacopuncture, n (%)	2 (1.6)	16 (3.3)	0.238
Cupping
Without bloodletting, n (%)	106 (82.2)	16 (3.3)	<0.001
With bloodletting, n (%)	39 (30.2)	23 (4.7)	<0.001
Moxibustion
Direct, n (%)	21 (16.3)	3 (0.6)	<0.001
Indirect, n (%)	64 (49.6)	13 (2.7)	<0.001
Electroacupuncture, n (%)	93 (72.1)	31 (6.3)	<0.001

Values are number (%). TKM; traditional Korean medicine. values were calculated by the chi-square test. value <0.05.