국내 한방병원의 알레르기 비염 환자 현황에 대한 탐색적 연구 - 3개 대학한방병원의 전자의무기록 자료를 중심으로

Abstract

Objective : To study current status on characteristics of allergic rhinitis patients by using the electronic medicalrecord (EMR) data and to explore the feasibility of clinical studies using the EMR data in three different Koreanmedical hospitals. Methods : We studied allergic rhinitis patients who visited the department of ophthalmology, otolaryngology anddermatology in the three different Korean hospitals from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. We retrospectivelycollected medical history and characteristics of study subjects using data of EMR. Results : In hospital A, we were able to collect data of 18 years of age or older. In hospital C, we could onlycollect data after July 1, 2012. Therefore, each hospital’s data had different settings in measuring them. Men andwomen were accounted for similar percentage, and teens were the highest in the age group. J30.4, unspecifiedallergic rhinitis, was the highest in diagnosis of the allergic rhinitis. Most of the patients have received acupuncturetreatments. Moreover, 74.6 percent of the total patients were prescribed with Chinese medicine. Conclusions : Based on this exploratory study, further studies were needed on clinical studies using data ofsystematic EMR.