유방암 수술 후의 침술 치료 - 미국
*유방암 수술 후 침구 치료가 증상을 완화시켜준다는 기사가 온라인 뉴스 News-Medical.Net에 소개..
유방암 수술 후의 침술 치료 - 미국
2016.11.30 News-Medical.Net (뉴스 메디컬 넷)
유방암 수술을 받은 여성 가운데 침구 치료를 받은 사람과 받지 않은 사람의 두 그룹에 대해 비교분석을 미국의 애보트 노스 웨스턴 병원에서 열린 암간호학회의 학회지에 발표..
애보트 노스웨스턴 병원은 여성과 어린이를 위해 19 세기에 설립 된 미국 최고의 병원..
구체적인 내용은..
- 애보트 노스웨스턴 병원에서 수술을 받은 환자 중 침구 환자군은 12시간 간격으로 2 회 치료. 일반 치료 환자군은 수술 후 2 회 12 시간 간격으로 진찰을 실시
- 환자군은 침구 치료 및 치료 직전과 직후에 통증, 메스꺼움, 불안, 컴퓨터 처리 능력에 대해 각각 0 ~ 10 단계로 답함
이 연구에서 침구 치료 환자에서, 통증, 불안, 메스꺼움이 약 1.5 단위 감소하였다고..
오피오이드계 약물은 통증을 1.9 단위 감소시키는 것으로 나타남
--> 이러한 점에서 침구 치료가 임상적으로나 통계적으로나 유의미하다고 결론을 내리고 있음
*원문은 아래..
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Acupuncture treatments after mastectomy help women cope with post -operative symptoms
2016.11.30 News-Medical.Net
Women who had acupuncture treatments after breast cancer surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital had a greater reduction in pain, nausea, and anxiety and were better able to cope on the first post-operative day compared with patients who had traditional care, according to a study published in the oncology Nursing Forum in November.
"We are always looking for non-pharmacologic pain management options. This study showed that acupuncture in the hospital after mastectomy is not only feasible, it also appears to decrease patients' symptoms of pain, nausea, and anxiety," said Sue Sendelbach, RN, PhD, director of Nursing Research at Abbott Northwestern.
Researchers chose the study variables -- pain, nausea, anxiety and ability to cope - based on an oncology Nursing Society survey in which members were asked to report the symptoms that are the most distressing and difficult to manage.
Abbott Northwestern study patients entered their levels -- on a zero to ten scale -- of pain, nausea, anxiety, and ability to cope into a tablet computer immediately before and after receiving acupuncture. Acupuncture was delivered as many as two times after surgery at least 12 hours apart. Patients in the usual care group were seen two times after surgery at least 12 hours apart to collect the same variables.
"The results of this study demonstrate that acupuncture reduced patients' perception of pain, anxiety and nausea by about 1.5 units, which is both clinically and statistically significant. For comparison, it is known that opioid medications reduce patients' perception of pain by 1.9 units, which is comparable to the decrease for acupuncture in this study," said Jeffery A. Dusek, PhD, director of Research for the Penny George™ Institute for Health and Healing.