Please complete the AP in HYPERTENSION Poll - 6 separate questions [6 Polls]

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Dear Colleagues

 

 

The same poll (6 separate questions on AP in hypertension) is running

now on CHA, PA-L and TCM. If you are a member of more than one of

those lists, please answer the poll on only ONE list

 

Voting in the poll has been low. One could read this as:

 

(a) Few acupuncturists use AP to treat hypertension,

or

(b) Acupuncturists who have experience in treating hypertension are not

interested in voting (summarising their experiences).

 

Would those who have not voted please do so ASAP. I would like to

close the poll in the next few days.

 

Please answer ALL polls (1) to (6) ONLY if YOU use (or have used)

ACUPUNCTURE routinely when treating hypertension.

 

HYPERTENSION is defined as a resting blood pressure (BP, in

mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least TWICE before acupuncture

treatment was given.

 

The URLs to allow you to cast your votes are below:

 

QUESTION 1: It is YOUR professional experience that, in the

absence of western drug- or herbal- antihypertensive medication,

ACUPUNCTURE + lifestyle changes alone can normalise BP in 80

to 100% of hypertensive patients?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5o4q6

 

 

QUESTION 2: In the PAST YEAR, in how many hypertensive

patients have you used acupuncture as the only, or main,

treatment to normalise their blood pressure?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/63fx9

 

QUESTION 3: In what PERCENTAGE of hypertensive patients

treated in the PAST YEAR did acupuncture succeed in normalising

blood pressure, i.e., reduce it to SBP <136 and DBP <91 mm Hg,

respectively?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5kycr

 

QUESTION 4: Approximately how many sessions of acupuncture

were needed to normalise BP?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5gdxv

 

QUESTION 5: What was the average interval (in WEEKS) from the

start of acupuncture until BP normalised?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/593a6

 

QUESTION 6: Once BP has normalised, about how many

acupuncture SESSIONS per YEAR are needed to MAINTAIN BP in

the normal range (give your estimated average number)?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/4xny5

 

NOTE: Please do NOT reply to this message. Poll votes are NOT

collected via email. To vote, you must go to the URLs listed above.

 

Some of you have voted on Q1 (or other questions) already, but

have not voted on ALL questions. Please do so ASAP.

 

Many thanks!

Phil