The Acupuncture and Telehealth Survey: A Cross-Sectional Survey Exploring Early COVID-19 Impacts on the Acupuncture Profession

Lee, Tamsin L.; Langley, Blake O.; Noborikawa, Jennifer; Skye-Babbott, Ariana; Booth‐LaForce, Cathryn

doi:10.1089/jicm.2021.0151

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“…The most commonly used telehealth mechanism was the phone, which was similar to that reported in a survey of US acupuncturists investigating the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. 24 Their study also reported that of the 1,045 respondents, only 103 had prescribed CHM for patients likely infected with COVID-19. This suggests that our sample size, although small, may be representative of the licensed acupuncturists who were prescribing CHM during the pandemic.…”

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“…In many states throughout the US, licensed acupuncturists were not considered essential workers during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and were required to close their offices due to lockdown mandates. Many continued to provide medical services to their patients through telehealth 24 and CHM medicine was one of the main therapeutic interventions that were offered. The importance of their role in providing treatment was accentuated by the lack of effective biomedical treatments and the rapid rise in infections and deaths.…”

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Use of Chinese herbs to treat symptoms likely related to COVID-19: Survey analysis of licensed acupuncturists in the United States

Anderson

Zappa

Leininger

et al. 2022

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Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the prescribing of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) by licensed acupuncturists in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A 28-question survey with nine branching questions was disseminated through collegial networks, paid advertisements, and a study website in April-July 2021. Participants indicated they were licensed acupuncturists that treated more than five patients for symptoms likely related to COVID-19 to gain entry to the full survey. Surveys were undertaken electronically through the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) system. Results: The survey was undertaken by 103 participants representing all US geographic regions, and had an average of 17 years in practice. Sixty-five percent received or intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Phone and videoconference were the predominant methods of patient contact; granules and pill forms of CHM were the most commonly prescribed. A wide variety of information sources were used in devising patient treatments inclusive of anecdotal, observational, and scientific sources. Most patients were not receiving biomedical treatment. Ninety-seven percent of participants reported that they had no patients die of COVID-19, and the majority reported less than 25% of their patients developed long hauler syndrome (post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection). Conclusions: This study demonstrates that licensed acupuncturists were treating COVID-19 infected individuals in the US during the early stages of the pandemic, and for many such patients this was the only therapeutic intervention they had access to from a licensed healthcare provider. Information disseminated from China through collegial networks, along with published sources including scientific studies, informed the approach to treatment for the vast majority of the acupuncturists surveyed. This study provides insight into an unusual circumstance in which clinicians needed to establish evidence-based approaches to the treatment of a new disease in the midst of a public health emergency.

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confidence: 97%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use of Chinese herbs to treat symptoms likely related to COVID-19: Survey analysis of licensed acupuncturists in the United States

Anderson

Zappa

Leininger

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…The most commonly used telehealth mechanism was the phone, which was similar to that reported in a survey of US acupuncturists investigating the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. 24 Their study also reported that of the 1045 respondents, only 103 had prescribed CHM for patients likely infected with COVID-19. This suggests that our sample size, although small, may be representative of the licensed acupuncturists who were prescribing CHM during the pandemic.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…In many states throughout the United States, licensed acupuncturists were not considered essential workers during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and were required to close their offices due to lockdown mandates. Many continued to provide medical services to their patients through telehealth, 24 and CHM was one of the main therapeutic interventions that were offered. The importance of their role in providing treatment was accentuated by the lack of effective biomedical treatments and the rapid rise in infections and deaths.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-Sectional Survey of Acupuncturists in the United States Who Prescribed Chinese Herbal Medicine for Patients with Symptoms Likely Related to COVID-19

Anderson

Zappa

Leininger

et al. 2023

Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine

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Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the prescribing of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) by licensed acupuncturists in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A 28-question survey with nine branching questions was disseminated through collegial networks, paid advertisements, and a study website in April–July 2021. Participants indicated that they were licensed acupuncturists who treated more than five patients for symptoms likely related to COVID-19 to gain entry to the full survey. Surveys were undertaken electronically through the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) system. Results: The survey was undertaken by 103 participants representing all US geographic regions and had an average of 17 years in practice. Sixty-five percent received or intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Phone and videoconference were the predominant methods of patient contact; granules and pill forms of CHM were the most prescribed. A wide variety of information sources were used in devising patient treatments inclusive of anecdotal, observational, and scientific sources. Most patients were not receiving biomedical treatment. Ninety-seven percent of participants reported that they had no patients die of COVID-19, and the majority reported that <25% of their patients developed long hauler syndrome (post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection). Conclusions : This study demonstrates that licensed acupuncturists were treating COVID-19 infected individuals in the United States during the early stages of the pandemic, and for many such patients this was the only therapeutic intervention they had access to from a licensed health care provider. Information disseminated from China through collegial networks, along with published sources including scientific studies, informed the approach to treatment. This study provides insight into an unusual circumstance in which clinicians needed to establish evidence-based approaches to the treatment of a new disease during a public health emergency.

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Acupressure for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Li,

Zhang,

Zhao

et al. 2024

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

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The Acupuncture and Telehealth Survey: A Cross-Sectional Survey Exploring Early COVID-19 Impacts on the Acupuncture Profession

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Use of Chinese herbs to treat symptoms likely related to COVID-19: Survey analysis of licensed acupuncturists in the United States

Use of Chinese herbs to treat symptoms likely related to COVID-19: Survey analysis of licensed acupuncturists in the United States

Cross-Sectional Survey of Acupuncturists in the United States Who Prescribed Chinese Herbal Medicine for Patients with Symptoms Likely Related to COVID-19

Acupressure for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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