Table 1 Significant changes in the number of patients of TCM before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Mann–Whitney U test
From: The dynamics of patient visits to traditional Chinese medicine during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic
Median (IQR) of patient visits before COVID-19 pandemic | Median (IQR) of patient visits after COVID-19 pandemic | Average rank of patient visits before COVID-19 pandemic | Average rank of patient visits after COVID-19 pandemic | Mann–Whitney U | Test statistic Z | Two-tailed probability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 50,932(5317) | 36,930(6170) | 23.306 | 4.4 | 7 | 3.309 | 0.0009* |
Internal medicine | 9431(1194) | 7512(1023) | 23.250 | 4.8 | 9 | 3.227 | 0.0013* |
Acupuncture | 5606(1243) | 3821(978) | 23.120 | 5.0 | 11 | 3.118 | 0.0018* |
Traumatology | 2420(263) | 1657(391) | 23.167 | 5.4 | 12 | 3.108 | 0.0019* |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1502(218) | 927(182) | 23.306 | 4.4 | 7 | 3.307 | 0.0009* |
Pediatrics | 247(63) | 156(50) | 23.361 | 4.0 | 5 | 3.387 | 0.0007* |
Mobile medicine | 459(87) | 155(42) | 23.500 | 3.0 | 0 | 3.586 | 0.0003* |
Stroke | 969(295) | 804(128) | 22.250 | 12.0 | 45 | 1.793 | 0.0730 |
Cancer | 188(76) | 228(45) | 19.806 | 29.6 | 47 | −1.714 | 0.0866 |