ABSTRACT
[Objective]Chuwa plays a role in practical education. A number of patients to some extent are needed in order to make practical education effective. The reason we did the research was that we thought it was necessary to seek a trend and consciousness of patients for securing regular patients.<BR>[Design]The investigation was carried out with the following two items as objectives;one is the medical record of 218 patients (the rate of samples 63.4%) among 344 new patients visiting the clinic. The other is the medical record of 172 renewal patients (rate of samples 51.8%) who were accepted among 332 renewal patients,<BR>[Method]The number of patients was calculated by classifying the motives for visiting the clinic from the medical record of new patients. In the research by questionnaires, the following items were asked and made up:the generation, sex, whether the place where the treatment was given for the first time is a clinic or not, treatment pattern given in the clinic, and degree of pain for patients before and after treatment. From the results of investigations, the trend and consciousness of patients were speculated.<BR>[Result]For motive for visiting the clinic, an introduction was the most common at 70%. <BR>From analyzing the questionnaire it was discovered that there was no relationship between age and sex and treatment pattern of amma (traditional Japanese massage) and acupuncture. There were more amma-choice patients than patients of acupuncture-choice. The significant difference (P <0.05) in the range of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was recognized by investigating the change of degree of pain after visiting the clinic by the Chi-square test.<BR>[Conclusion]Many patients came to the clinic with an introduction as a trigger and it was speculated that in the experience pattern of Amma, Acupuncture and Moxibustion (AAM) there was a difference between amma and acupuncture. What is important is to repeatedly send appropriate information about AAM and to make better use of introductions as a motive for visiting the clinic. The introduction as an incentive to visit clinic is useful in securing a number of patients. In order to make the most of this, it is important to transmit the information concerning the each method of treatment as simply as possible.