英文摘要 |
Background: Cerebrovascular disease is often one of top three major causes of death in developed country and cause great financial burden to society. Chinese medicine or acupuncture treatment can significantly improve the quality of care and recovery, so this study aim to figure out the effect of TCM treatment in acute phase of severe cerebrovascular disease. Methods and methods: Patients with ICD-9 (430-438) diagnosis from January 2016 to December 2016 who joined the 'National Health Insurance of Western medicine hospitalized patients with Chinese medicine specific disease auxiliary medical program ' and meet all inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected, and SPSS(V18)were used to analyze NIHSS and Barthel index. Results: 23 patients (13 males and 10 females, mean age 65.10±11.05) were analyzed. Patients with severe cerebrovascular disease (NIHSS ≧15) showed significant improvement in NIHSS and Barthel index when receiving combine care of TCM in acute phase. (P<0.01**) Conclusions: NIHSS scores of 96.65% (22/23) patients with severe cerebrovascular disease (NIHSS ≧15) were significantly improved and showed significant difference in pretest and posttest(p<0.01**). And there was no significant difference in NIHSS change in two weeks between receiving TCM treatment in 0-3day-group or 4-7-day-group , which indicated the correctness and safety of TCM treatment in the acute phase of cerebrovascular disease. |