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    Title: Trends and prescription patterns of traditional Chinese medicine use among subjects with allergic diseases: A nationwide population-based study
    Authors: Lin, PY;Chu, CH;Chang, FY;Huang, YW;Tsai, HJ;Yao, TC
    Contributors: Institute of Population Health Sciences
    Abstract: Background: The alarmingly rising prevalence of allergic diseases has led to substantial healthcare and economic burdens worldwide. The integrated use of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) and Western medicines has been common in treating subjects with allergic diseases in clinical practice in Taiwan. However, limited studies have been conducted to evaluate long-term trends and prescription patterns of TCM use among subjects with allergic diseases. Thus, we conducted a nationwide population-based study to characterize TCM use among subjects with allergic diseases. Methods: A total of 241,858 subjects with diagnosed atopic dermatitis, asthma or allergic rhinitis in the period of 2003–2012 were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan and included in this study. We assessed trends and prescribed patterns related to TCM (both single herbs and herbal formulas) among the study subjects over the 10-year study period. Results: The overall proportions of TCM use were 30.5%, 29.0% and 45.7% in subjects with atopic dermatitis, asthma and allergic rhinitis, respectively. We found increasing trends of TCM use among subjects having atopic dermatitis and asthma, with annual increase of 0.91% and 0.38%, respectively, over the 10-year study period while the proportion remained steadily high (from 46.6% in 2003 to 46.3% in 2012) among subjects having allergic rhinitis. Moreover, the number of hospitalization due to allergic diseases in TCM users was significantly smaller than that in non TCM users for all three allergic diseases. Conclusion: A notable proportion (30%–50%) of subjects with allergic diseases in Taiwan has used TCM, with the highest proportion of TCM use found in subjects with allergic rhinitis, whereas increasing trends of TCM use are found among subjects with atopic dermatitis and asthma, respectively. Our results suggest that TCM use may help reduce the severe episodes of allergic diseases necessitating hospitalizations.
    Date: 2019-01-26
    Relation: World Allergy Organization Journal. 2019 Jan 26;12(2):Article number 100001.
    Link to: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2018.11.001
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    Cited Times(WOS): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000462246400001
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