探討民眾對雷射針灸結合智慧型手機效應的主觀感受

近年來手機硬體進步快速，不僅功能強大也創造了生活中許多便利，自2020的COVID-19疫情爆發以來人們無法像以往一樣頻繁的面對面接觸，但也促成了許多的醫療保養轉向了居家的方式進行，搭配智慧型手機應用軟體和App廣泛運用在健康促進，如雷射針灸儀輔助治療。針灸(Acupuncture)在傳統醫學治療上佔有相當重要的一環，然而一般民眾普遍都會因害怕針灸疼痛而恐懼難以接受。透過簡易居家無痛感的雷射針灸儀輔助治療，避免針刺對於皮膚及肌肉組織可能造成痠痛感及感染等疑慮，可使針灸更被一般大眾所接受。本研究以問卷調查三十五位民眾使用雷射針灸結合智慧型手機後對症狀改善的主觀感受，以成對t檢定分析疼痛指數、睡眠品質、壓力評估、循環評估、過敏症狀等五項症狀導入前後使用感受差異，以瞭解民眾對於雷射針灸結合智慧型手機的使用效應的主觀感受。研究結果發現對於疼痛指數(t=5.98,P<.001)、睡眠習慣(t=2.59,P = 0.01)、過敏評估(t=3.06,P=.004)等，使用雷射針灸結合智慧型手機後皆顯著改善，壓力評估及氣血循環兩項雖未達顯著差異但在前後測平均值皆有下降，由此得知民眾對於雷射針灸結合智慧型手機作為替代或輔助療法在疼痛指數、睡眠習慣、過敏評估的主觀感覺上均有顯著緩解之感受。初步檢驗雷射針灸結合智慧型手機，能顯著舒緩症狀，未來可以探討雷射針灸結合智慧型手機並進一步研究其波長、能量、頻率等相關參數於居家使用時對減輕亞健康症狀的效應。

Mobile phone hardware has progressed fast recently. The function is not only various but also creates many conveniences in life. People cannot contact face-to-face with each other as frequently as before since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, as a consequence, it has facilitated the development of home health care. Also, the added value of smartphone applications and apps is widely used in health care, such as laser acupuncture-assisted treatment. Acu-puncture has a very important role in traditional medical treatment. However, people are generally afraid of the pain of acupuncture. In contrast to traditional acupuncture, laser acupuncture can avoid soreness and infection to the skin and muscle tissue, together with smartphone apps, it provides a simple adjuvant therapy at home, and makes it more acceptable to the public.In this study, thirty-five people answered the questionnaire pre and post the application of laser acupuncture combined with smartphones to investigate the subjective feelings of the public on the effect of laser acupuncture com-bined with smartphones. The questionnaire included five items: pain index, sleeping quality, stress assessment, circulation assessment, and allergic symp-toms. Paired t tests were used to examine the differences in subjective feelings of the symptoms of the public before and after the application of laser acu-puncture combined with smartphones.The results of the study indicated that there were significant decreases in pain index(t=5.98,P<.001), sleep habits(,t=2.59,P=.014) and allergy assess-ment(t=3.06,P=.004) after the application of laser acupuncture combined with smartphones Although there was no significant difference on stress assessment and blood circulation, the average values of the pre- and post-tests were both decreased. In summary, people reported significant relief in pain and allergy symp-toms, as well as improved sleep quality after the application of laser acupunc-ture combined with smartphones. Future studies may explore the effects of dif-ferent wavelength, energy, frequency and other related parameters on the alle-viation of sub-health symptoms, which would further establish the appicatabil-ity of laser acupuncture combined with smartphone at home.