Practitioners’ perspectives on acupuncture treatment for postpartum depression: A qualitative study

Fan Liu; Tian-yu Zhan; Yu-qin Xu; Xiao-fei Lu; Yu-mei Zhou; Xing-xian Huang; Yuan-yuan Zhuo; Zhuo-xin Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282661

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Practitioners’ perspectives on acupuncture treatment for postpartum depression: A qualitative study

Fan Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Liu, Tian-yu Zhan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Tian-yu Zhan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Liu, Tian-yu Zhan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Community Health Service Management Centre, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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Yu-qin Xu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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Xiao-fei Lu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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Yu-mei Zhou,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Xing-xian Huang,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Yuan-yuan Zhuo,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Zhuo-xin Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 001188@gzucm.edu.cn

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5226-0037

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Practitioners’ perspectives on acupuncture treatment for postpartum depression: A qualitative study

Fan Liu,
Tian-yu Zhan,
Yu-qin Xu,
Xiao-fei Lu,
Yu-mei Zhou,
Xing-xian Huang,
Yuan-yuan Zhuo,
Zhuo-xin Yang

Published: March 3, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282661

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