Effectiveness of an integrative medicine approach to improve cognitive dysfunction and dementia: An observational study.

ABSTRACT: Despite the urgent need to control dementia, an effective treatment has yet to be developed. Along with the Korean government's policy of cooperation between conventional medicine (CM) and Korean medicine (KM), integrative medical services for dementia patients are being provided. This study aimed to compare the integrative medical clinic (IMC) for dementia used by Dongguk University Hospitals (DUH) with other service models and to review the characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients who had visited DUH over the past 5 years. Patients' electronic medical records from May 2015 to June 2020 were searched and their data were analyzed to evaluate the IMC's service model. Patient demographic and clinical characteristics, diagnostic tests, and treatment patterns for CM and KM were colle

SUBMITTER: Lee JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9509052 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature