Physicians Favor Acupuncture
The goal of the study was to observe the opinion of the GPs
of one of the two Turin Local Health Unit (from now on LHU) and compare them to
what emerges from literature. We employed a questionnaire administered via
phone to all the 389 GPs active in the LHU in October 2013. The percentage of
responders was 81.5%. Among the responders, 95% are in favor of acupuncture,
84.2% believe that it is scientifically based, 6% practice acupuncture, 25.2%
use it on themselves, and 66.2% have sent at least one patient to an
acupuncturist in the last year. 82% of responders are in favour of adding acupuncture
training to their own professional practice, and 71.9% believe it would be
useful to include acupuncture in specific training for general practice. 64%
believe that acupuncture should be included into the benefits offered by the
NHS. Data show that interest for acupuncture is higher than that observed in
previous international studies carried out on the same topics in the last 20
years; in our opinion, such an increase in confidence and trust in acupuncture
is due to the skilled performance offered by the public service in this LHU,
which is also guaranteed by a prestigious acupuncture school.
Fanì M, Maestro M, Mandas A, Orecchia S, Le Gouëllec L, Pedrali T. What do general practitioners think about acupuncture?
Ann Ig. 2014 May-Jun;26(3):213-8.
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