Trends of Individual Answers in Items of Inquiries about Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Abstract

In Feb. of 1980 a questionairre concerning acupuncturemoxibustion therapy was distributed to typical adults in Ibaragi Prefecture. Replies were obtained from 958 persons. I presented a simple summary of this date at the 30th meeting of this society.
At this time based on these investigative materials we investigated tendencies of unit repliers based on a reply distribution percentage determined by considering each different replier to each of the various questions a single unit and using these together with all of the item which do not fall under the particular question.
As for the value we performed the x² test on the reply distribution numbers of individual questions among the unit repliers. Then in order to make it easier to understand the x² test was also performed on the reply distribution range and the simple summaly results.
Examing the total results we find that each individual replier showed characteristic tendencies however for this study, considering one area, factors in which the totals arrived at in this study were higher than the simple total results were called (+) and factors in which totals were lower were called (-) tendencies.
Those persons replying that they had experienced acupuncture therapy severaltimes showed (+) tendencies in replying to the following: experienced moxibustion several or a few times, believe acupuncture and moxibustion are effective for the treatment of most disease; and (-) tendencies in replying to the folling: Have never experienced moxibustion, believe acupuncture and moxibustion effective for only a small number of ailments or believe acupuncture and moxibustion to have no effects.
Persons answering that they had never experienced acupuncture therapy showed (+) tendencies in the following: Have never experienced moxibustion, believe acupuncture has no effect; and (-) tendencies in: experienced moxibustion therapy several or a few times, believe acupuncture is effective for most disease, or believe acupuncture to be effective for a small number of particular ailments.