An Attitude Survey of Interrelation between Acupuncture/Moxibustion and Immune System for Acupuncturists in Japan-Proposal on Therapeutic Evaluation Based on the Current Analysis-

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  • KASAHARA Yuki
    Kansai Vocational College of Medicine Department of Immunology and Pathology, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • FUKUZAWA Yoji
    Department of Anatomy, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • TAHARA Souhei
    Department of Immunology and Pathology, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • KURIBAYASHI Koichi
    Department of Immunology and Pathology, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • TOHYA Kazuo
    Department of Anatomy, Kansai University of Health Sciences

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  • 臨床現場における鍼灸と免疫―現状分析と評価法についての提言―
  • 第57回 全日本鍼灸学会学術大会(京都) ワークショップ 臨床現場における鍼灸と免疫--現状分析と評価法についての提言
  • ダイ57カイ ゼンニホンシンキュウ ガッカイ ガクジュツ タイカイ キョウト ワークショップ リンショウ ゲンバ ニ オケル シンキュウ ト メンエキ ゲンジョウ ブンセキ ト ヒョウカホウ ニ ツイテ ノ テイゲン
  • 現状分析と評価法についての提言

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Abstract

[Objective]This study aimed to identify the attitudes toward and the perceptions of the interrelation between acupuncture/moxibustion and immune system for clinical acupuncturists in Japan. A questionnaire survey was conducted as the second periodical action of the Immunological Research Committee for Acupuncture and Moxibustion.<BR>[Methods]Clinical acupuncturists in the 43vocational colleges belonging to the Japan College Association of Oriental Medicine and 6 universities having an acupuncturist-education course were surveyed. <BR>[Results]The response rate of this survey was 27.4%(263/960). Fifty six percent of responders expressed a positive view that the acupuncture/moxibustion had therapeutic effect to augment the body defense against infection, and 83%of them had the perception that acupuncture/moxibustion therapy could act as the preventive medicine. However, only 11%of those responders usually carried out the therapeutic evaluations after their treatments, and the other acupuncturists relied their assessment upon the statement from the patients alone.<BR>[Conclusion]From the basic concepts of evidence-based medicine, the present study demonstrates that the urgent introduction of the noninvasive and objective procedure by which acupuncturists assess the degree of immune defense in their clinical institution is important.

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