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Table 2 Length of hospital stay and interventions administered during stay

From: Long term follow-up of cervical intervertebral disc herniation inpatients treated with integrated complementary and alternative medicine: a prospective case series observational study

Variables

Long term follow-up group (n = 117)

Non-long term follow-up group (n = 48)

n (%)

mean (sd)

n (%)

mean (sd)

Length of hospital stay (days)

 

22.1 ± 12.0

 

17.5 ± 8.4

Complementary and alternative medicine

 Herbal medicinea

117 (100)

180.7 ± 127.1

47 (97.9)

174.8 ± 117.4

 Protocol decoction

94 (80.3)

61.9 ± 41.8

41 (85.4)

72.2 ± 44.3

 Protocol pills

100 (85.5)

89.9 ± 55.3

42 (87.5)

86.9 ± 54.6

 Acupuncture

117 (100)

33.8 ± 18.7

48 (100)

26.0 ± 13.7

 Electroacupuncture

104 (88.9)

20.9 ± 15.6

44 (91.7)

15.4 ± 11.2

 Pharmacopuncture

117 (100)

23.0 ± 12.9

48 (100)

17.8 ± 9.7

 Bee venom pharmacopuncture

50 (42.7)

19.7 ± 10.1

23 (47.9)

14.2 ± 8.4

 Chuna manipulation

98 (83.8)

12.7 ± 7.5

38 (79.2)

10.6 ± 6.1

Conventional treatment

 Analgesic medications

19 (16.2)

3.1 ± 2.7

11 (22.9)

2.1 ± 1.4

 Epidural injectionsb

6 (5.1)

1.5 ± 0.5

2 (4.3)

2

  1. aHerbal medicine protocol: A standardized herbal medicine prescription was recommended for all patients prior to commencement of study. However, the protocol allowed for individual tailoring according to patient characteristics and clinical symptoms as deemed necessary by KMDs
  2. bLocal anesthetics such as lidocaine, steroids, and anti-adhesion adjuvants were used