アトピー性皮膚炎患者に対する鍼治療の心身医学的評価

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  • Effedts of acupuncture therapy on psychosomatic problems in patients with atopic dermatitis

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The authors studied the psychosomatic effects of acupuncture in patients with atopic dermatitis. The subjects were eight adult patients with atopic dermatitis, four males and four females, averaged 26 years old. They received acupuncture therapy once a week for 8 weeks. Before and after 8 week-therapy, the authors evaluated their psychosomatic symptoms by Cornell Medical Index (CMI) and the originally developed self-rating scale for itching. Before the treatment, seven patients had psychosomatic symptoms on the basis of Fukamachi's criteria of CMI and for of 8 patients showed marked improvement after acupuncture therapy. At the end of acupuncture treatment, habits-related somatic symptoms, total psychical symptoms and the self-rating scale for itching were all significantlly reduced (P<0.05) (Wilcoxon's test). The results suggest that acupuncture would effectively reduce psychosocial factors aggravating psychosomatic symptoms in patients with atopic dermatitis.

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