Faily Joan, Oneschuk Doreen
Edmonton Palliative Medicine Program, Regional Palliative Care Consult Team, Health Services Building, Grey Nuns Hospital, 1100 Youville Drive W, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Support Care Cancer. 2007 Aug;15(8):1003-7. doi: 10.1007/s00520-007-0294-z. Epub 2007 Jul 17.
Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into designated acupuncture points to aid in the treatment of symptoms and to improve health.
A survey was conducted in a tertiary palliative care unit where 50 patients with advanced cancer were surveyed to determine their understanding of, use of, and interest in acupuncture.
Twenty-seven (54%) patients provided an accurate understanding of acupuncture. Although only 30% of patients had previously used acupuncture to treat noncancer medical conditions and only 10% had used it for cancer related symptoms, 80% of patients were interested in seeing an acupuncture practitioner on the care unit if one was made available.
Although few advanced cancer patients on a tertiary palliative care unit had previously received acupuncture, many had a general understanding of this complementary therapy, and expressed an interest in seeing an acupuncture practitioner.
针灸是将针插入指定的穴位，以帮助治疗症状和改善健康状况。
在一家三级姑息治疗病房进行了一项调查，对50例晚期癌症患者进行了调查，以确定他们对针灸的理解、使用情况和兴趣。
27例（54%）患者对针灸有准确的理解。虽然只有30%的患者曾使用针灸治疗非癌症疾病，只有10%的患者使用针灸治疗癌症相关症状，但如果护理病房有针灸师，80%的患者有兴趣去看。
虽然在三级姑息治疗病房中，很少有晚期癌症患者以前接受过针灸治疗，但许多患者对这种辅助疗法有大致的了解，并表示有兴趣去看针灸师。
