title: [Many patients are interested in receiving post-operative acupuncture].
abstract: To determine whether Danish patients want the opportunity to receive treatment with acupuncture during hospitalization, we conducted a questionnaire survey among 500 patients in the recovery room. 84% of the patients answered the questionnaire. 81% were interested in receiving treatment with acupuncture for nausea and pain. Out of these 54% were interested in receiving treatment with acupuncture before ordinary medical therapy, and 94% were interested in receiving acupuncture as a supplement to conventional therapy throughout their admission at the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Anæstesiologisk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Randers, Skovlyvej 1, 8930 Randers NØ. lise.schlunzen@dadlnet.dk.
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schlünzen
authors.forename: Sofie Allerød
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000628:therapy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires