국내 한의사의 팔강변증에 관한 인식 및 활용현황 조사

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 211 - 218
• Main Authors: 배정현(Jung Hyeon Bae), 박신형(Shin Hyung Park), 이인선(In Seon Lee), 김종원(Jong Won Kim), 전수형(Soo Hyung Jeon), 강창완(Chang Wan Kang), 지규용(Gyoo Yong Chi)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 2021
• Subjects: 한의학; Pattern Identification of eight principles; Diagnostic Tool of Eight Principles; On-line Survey; Perception and Usage; Questionnaire of Eight Principles
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529; 2283-2529
• DOI: 10.15188/kjopp.2021.12.35.6.211

In order to increase the clinical value of an identification of patterns according to the eight principles (IPEP) in Korean medicine practice, The research on the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) of IPEP should comprehend the situation of clinical usage of IPEP practiced by Korean medicine doctors at first. Google survey form were emailed to Korean Medicine doctors registered in the Association of Korean Medicine on 04/15/2021 and the survey was closed at 04/22/2021. Data of 505 answered cases were analyzed by Frequency analysis, Chi-Square analysis, correlation analysis for understanding differences by groups. Out of 505 respondents, 57.6% have answered that they are using IPEP. It means that 42.4% of KM doctors don't use in the medical practice reversely in spite of fundamental diagnostic theory. The 64.7% respondents of no using IPEP presented their opinion about the theoretical problem that it is difficult to use because the concept of IPEP is ambiguous. And next, the 52.1% of the respondents expressed that there is no objective tools to measure and record the IPEP evidences in actual implementation. And 49.6% of the respondents also suggested that it is hard to trust and use IPEP similar to the previous comment. Even about 50% of the respondents are carrying out diagnosis and treatment using IPEP, it showed that there were several unsolved problems such as lack of understanding and practical tools or objective indicators for diagnosis of IPEP. Through the above results, the concept, usage, measurement requirements with indices and discriminant logic of IPEP were manifested as the main hopes of attending members of Korean medicine in the survey, so the IPEP CPG should make clear about these difficult but necessary assignment in the near future.