Sung Soo-Hyun, Sim Hee-Ju, Kim Eu-Gene, Sung Angela Dongmin, Park Jung-Youn, Shin Byung-Cheul, Park Min-Jung, Han Chang Hyun, Park Jang-Kyung
Department of Pathology, College of Korean Medicine, Dae-gu Haany University, Daegu 38610, Republic of Korea.
Department of Healthcare, Graduate School of Business, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2018 Aug 9;2018:3987019. doi: 10.1155/2018/3987019. eCollection 2018.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of modern medical devices utilized in diagnosis and treatment in traditional Korean medicine (TKM).
We searched the following six Korean electronic databases to collect TKM clinical studies that were published in a five-year period (January 2012 to December 2016). Clinical studies of TKM when medical devices were used for diagnosis or treatment were investigated.
The search generated a total of 3,735 articles, and 1,328 of these were considered to be clinical studies. Of a total of 1,328 clinical studies of TKM, 774 articles (58.3%) used medical devices for diagnosis or treatment, and 554 articles (41.7%) did not use medical devices for diagnosis or treatment. The three most used diagnostic devices were as follows: MRI scanners, which were used in 194 (20.6%) studies; X-ray machines, which were used in 172 studies (18.3%); and CT scanners, which were used in 139 studies (14.8%). The three most used treatment devices were electroacupuncture equipment (20.3%), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) equipment (18.4%), and interferential current therapy (ICT) equipment (16.4%).
This study suggests that TKM doctors use diagnostic information derived from modern medical devices clinically. It is therefore necessary to institutionalize considering changes to the medical acts of traditional medicine (TM) doctors. Additionally, this information can be utilized as a reference for developing TM policy and education.
本研究旨在调查韩国传统医学（韩医）诊断和治疗中使用的现代医疗设备的现状。
我们检索了以下六个韩国电子数据库，以收集在五年期间（2012年1月至2016年12月）发表的韩医临床研究。调查了使用医疗设备进行诊断或治疗时的韩医临床研究。
检索共产生3735篇文章，其中1328篇被认为是临床研究。在总共1328篇韩医临床研究中，774篇文章（58.3%）使用医疗设备进行诊断或治疗，554篇文章（41.7%）未使用医疗设备进行诊断或治疗。使用最多的三种诊断设备如下：磁共振成像扫描仪，在194项研究（20.6%）中使用；X光机，在172项研究（18.3%）中使用；CT扫描仪，在139项研究（14.8%）中使用。使用最多的三种治疗设备是电针设备（20.3%）、经皮电刺激神经（TENS）设备（18.4%）和干扰电流疗法（ICT）设备（16.4%）。
本研究表明，韩医医生在临床上使用源自现代医疗设备的诊断信息。因此，有必要将考虑传统医学（TM）医生医疗行为的变化制度化。此外，这些信息可作为制定传统医学政策和教育的参考。
