| 中文摘要 |
本研究以人員配合問卷訪視某區域醫院一般外科門診癌症病患110 位之資料進行分析，探討一般外科癌症患者對另類療法使用狀況。結果顯示本次研究以女性人數佔多數（73.6% ），癌症種類以乳癌（63.6% ）及大腸直腸癌（31.8% ）佔多數。癌症患者在確定罹患癌症後對另類療法使用狀況有明顯增加，由罹癌前之39 人（35.5% ）增至罹癌後的56 人（50.9% ）；自我檢查發現癌症之病患在癌症確診後使用另類療法的比例（62.0% ）明顯高於非自我檢查的病患（41.7% ）。癌症確診後另類療法的使用頻率，以每天使用另類療法一次以上（含一次）的患者47 人（42.7% ）最多；使用另類療法每月花費的平均費用則以一萬元以下（73.2% ）佔最多數，且其中多數人（53.6% ）使用的時間超過半年以上；使用另類療法的理由，以朋友介紹19 人（33.9% ）最高；而各式另類療法中，以使用中草藥之人數（30 人，53.6% ）居冠；癌症確診後使用另類療法之病患滿意度為51.8% 。一般外科癌症患者在接受現代西方醫學治療的同時，仍有超過半數以上的患者採用另類療法配合治療，值得衛生主管機關正視此一問題。The aim of this research was to study the application of alternative medicine in general surgery cancer patients. In total, 110 cancer patients from surgery outpatient department in a regional hospital were personally interviewed with questionnaires. The results showed that most of the patients were female (73.6%) and the majority of the cancer types were breast cancer (63.6%) and colonrectal cancer (31.8%). The trend of application of alternative therapy was increased significantly after the confirmation of cancer. The number of patients who used alternative therapy before cancer being diagnosed was 39 (35.5%). It increased to 56 (50.9%) after the confirmation of cancer. The application rate of alternative therapy of self-examined cancer patients (62.0%) was significantly higher than that of non-self-examined cancer patients (41.7%). The most prevailing application rate of alternative therapy after the confirmation of cancer was at least once a day (42.7%). The majority of alternative therapy duration was at least half year (53.6%), and the average expense was less than 10 thousand dollars per month (73.2%). The major reason for adopting alternative therapy was the recommendation from friends (33.9%). The most popular type of alternative therapy was Chinese herbal medicine (53.6%) among all. The satisfaction rate toward the curative effect of alternative therapy after the confirmation of cancer was 51.8%. In summary, at least half of cancer patients in general surgery department used alternative therapy while accepting western medical treatment, which should deserve serious consideration by the health authority. |
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