고혈압 침 임상연구에서 환자의 기대치와 치료효과 간의 상관관계 ※
김준범
1, 류연
1,2, 김정은
1, 박지은
1,*1한국한의학연구원
2과학기술연합대학원대학교
[Abstract]
TheRelationshipbetweenPatients’ExpectationsofTreatmentEffect andClinicalOutcomeinaTrialofAcupunctureforHypertension
※JunbeomKim
1,YanLiu
1,2,Jung-EunKim
1andJi-EunPark
1,*1
KoreaInstituteofOrientalMedicine
2
UniversityofScience&Technology
Objectives : Toidentifypotentialcorrelationbetweenpatients’expectationsandclinicaloutcome inarandomizedcontrolstudyofacupuncture.
Methods : Inaclinicaltrialofacupunctureforhypertension,60participantswithpreandmild hypertensionwererandomizedintoanacupuncturegroupandacontrolgroup.Afterran- domization,allparticipantswereaskedtoratetheirexpectationfortheinterventiononascale of0to10.Toanalyzetheeffectofexpectationonclinicaloutcome,changeofbloodpressure wascomparedbetweenhighandlowexpectationgroups.
Results : Therewasnosignificantdifferenceofbaselinebloodpressurebetweenlowexpectation groupandhighexpectationgroup.Proportionofacupuncturegroupandcontrolgroupwas alsonotdifferentbetweenlowandhighexpectationgroups(p=0.638).Thechangeofsystolic bloodpressurewas-1.55mmHginlowexpectationgroupand-3.07mmHginhighexpectation group,anditwasnotsignificantlydifferent(p=0.54).Therewasnosignificantdifferencein thechangeofdiastolicbloodpressurebetweentwogroups(p=0.58),with-3.24mmHginlow expectationgroupand-2.34mmHginhighexpectationgroup.
Conclusion : Inthisstudy,theexpectationofintervention(includingacupuncturetreatment)was notassociatedwiththeeffectofintervention.
※ ThisstudywassupportedbyKoreaInstituteofOrientalMedicine(K16813,K16093)
✱ Correspondingauthor:KoreaInstituteofOrientalMedicine,1672Yuseongdaero,Yuseong-gu, Daejeon,RepublicofKorea
Tel:+82-42-868-9496 E-mail:[email protected] Key words :
Expectation;
Outcome;
Acupuncture;
Acupunctureeffect
Received : 2016. 08. 16.
Revised : 2016. 09. 12.
Accepted : 2016. 10. 10.
On-line : 2016. 12. 20.
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