Patient Characteristics and Performance of the TCM Unit of 'Harapan Bunda' Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia
| Title: | Patient Characteristics and Performance of the TCM Unit of 'Harapan Bunda' Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Authors: | Willie Japaries, Wu Zhesheng |
| Source: | Makara Journal of Health Research, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 24-28 (2010) |
| Publisher Information: | Universitas Indonesia, 2010. |
| Publication Year: | 2010 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), cancer treatment, combination of western and Chinese medicine, herbal therapy, complementary and alternative medicine, Medicine |
| More Details: | This study describes the characteristics of patients and treatment results of The TCM Unit in Harapan Bunda hospital in Jakarta during August - December 2005. The data were taken from medical records of all patients visiting the TCM Unit during the study periode. The results are presented in texts and tables. There were 271 patients registered during the periode, 58,30% were female. The dominant age groups were 41-50 years (23,62%) and 51-60 years (23,99%), followed by 61-70 years (17,71%), 31-40 years (13,28%) and 71-80 years (12,18%). Of the 271 patients, 207 were with tumors either clinically or pathologically assessed as malignant. Mammary carcinoma (31,88%) was most prevalent, then pulmonary (10,63%), liver (9,66%), large intestine (7,73%), lymphoma (6,76%), ovarian (5,31%), NPC (4,83%), mostly in stadium III or IV (26,57% and 41,55% respectively). For 54 patients (26,09%), no data to assess stadium. Therapeutic response was mostly evaluated clinically. Of 80 patients receiving at least 1 month treatment at TCM Unit, 29 pts (36,25%) showed improvement, 36 pts (45%) were relatively stable, 15 pts (18,75%) deteriorated. The improved and stabilized patients of mammary cancer were 38,71% and 41,94%, of lung cancer 30% and 50%, of colon cancer 25% and 62,50%, of NPC 66,67% and 16,67%, of hepatoma 16,67% and 50% respectively. It was concluded that the TCM Unit of Harapan Bunda hospital had received good attention from the public. Female visitors were more prevalent than male. Most prevalent age group was 41-50 years followed by 51-60 years. Mammary carcinoma was the most prevalent. Therapeutic response showed 81,25% either improved or stabilized, 18,75% deteriorated. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2356-3664 2356-3656 |
| Relation: | http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/health/article/view/159; https://doaj.org/toc/2356-3664; https://doaj.org/toc/2356-3656 |
| DOI: | 10.7454/msk.v10i1.159 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/418a50a7c684478e81eaf7bd61bc27dc |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.418a50a7c684478e81eaf7bd61bc27dc |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23563664 23563656 |
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| DOI: | 10.7454/msk.v10i1.159 |
| Published in: | Makara Journal of Health Research |
| Language: | English |