Influencing factors on efficacy of summer acupoint application treatment for allergic rhinitis:a retrospective study

作     者：Jin Peng Xiaqiu Wu Jingqing Hu Yigong Fang Mingjie Zi Baoyan Liu 

作者机构：Institute of Basic Research in ClinicalMedicine China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700 China Baoyan Liu China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700 China Institute of Acupuncture and MoxibustionChina Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing100700 China Xiyuan Hospital China Academy of ChineseMedical Sciences Beijing 100700 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》 (中医杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第32卷第3期

页      面：377-381页

核心收录：

学科分类：1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 1005[医学-中医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 08[工学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Suppotred by the funds of Key Projects in the National S&T Pillar Program(No.2008BAI53B061) Major National S&T Program(No.2008ZX10005-013) 

主　　题：Acupoint sticking therapy Allergic rhinitis Cross-sectional studies Traditional Chinese Medicine 

摘      要：OBJECTIVE:Allergic rhinitis(AR) is a common health *** acupoint application treatment(SAAT) is reported to effectively treat and prevent AR from seasonal *** the present study,we aimed to evaluate its effects,especially on the course of AR,through a retrospective ***:A cross-sectional multicenter study was performed based on patients treated between 2008 and 2009 in 13 clinical centers in China.A total of 1058 outpatients aged ≥2 years with documented AR and ≥1 year SAAT were eligible for enrollment.A case report form(CRF) was completed by both patient and *** CRF was designed to collect data on the patient s history of SAAT,AR condition,and self-reported health *** outcomes(dependent variables) were incidence and intensity of AR and concomitant medications *** were analyzed with ordinal logistic regression(OLR).RESULTS:Treatment course and seasonal pattern of AR were related to all dependent variables *** controlling for sample bias and confounding factors,the findings suggested that a 3-year treatment course had better efficacy(OR/incidence of AR:2.57,95%CI:1.76-3.76;OR/intensity of AR:2.17,95%CI:1.50-3.17;OR/concomitant medications:2.20,95% CI:1.50-3.23) compared with a 2-year or less treatment ***:The results showed that:1)the length of treatment course was positively associated with the efficacy of SAAT(the longer the treatment course,the better the efficacy);and 2)SAAT was more efficacious in treating seasonal AR than non-seasonal AR.