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RODRIGUEZ DUARTE, María A; MARTINEZ DELGADO, Niurka; VALDES SIERRA, Mercedes  e  VERDECIA PEREDA, Arahí. Comportamiento de las enfermedades del SOMA tratadas con terapia acupuntural y sus modalidades en Bahía Honda. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.1, pp. 198-215. ISSN 1561-2961.

The relief of pain as an important symptom and practically compulsory in the sick patient seeking for health professional assistance has always been a reason of study and investigation everywhere in the world. A cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study was conducted in a sample composed of all the patients with diagnosis of OMAS' diseases and that received treatment with traditional methods. These patients were treated at the Municipal Referral Center of Bahia Honda from January to December, 1999. The necessary data for conducting the study were collected from the individual medical histories to determine the effect of the treatment, The main variables under study were age, sex, occupation, diagnosis, treatment modality applied, number of sessions used and the clinical evolution of the patient. The percentage and the Chi square test by microstat computerized system were used for the statistical evaluation. Females and the age group 30-59 were the most affected. Low back pain and the cervical region diseases were the most frequent diagnoses. More than half of the total of the patients treated improved with with a total of 5-9 sessions of treatment..

Palavras-chave : MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES [therapy]; BONE DISEASES [therapy]; LOW BACK PAIN [therapy]; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.