요통 환자의 치료행태 및 변증에 관한 단면조사 연구

Abstract

Objectives Lumbago is very common symptoms and many lumbago patients visitedKorean Medicine clinic to cure lumbago. But It is not studied therapy type and pattern identificationin lumbago patients. This study aim to survey therapy type and pattern identificationin lumbago patients. Methods We collected data of 755 patients treated to cure lumbago in Korean MedicineHospital from 1, Jan. to 31, Dec., 2012. The therapy variable are acupuncture, herbal acupuncture,physical therapy, Chuna Tx, herbal medicine, cupping and moxibustion. Demographic variable are age, gender, district, medical insurance code, and etc. Results 1) We collected data of 755 lumbago patients in 5 Korean medical Hospitals. 2)Age, district, insurance code, diseases were statistically significant by pattern identification. 3) Therapy types of lumbago patients were different by pattern identification. Conclusions In lumbago patients, therapy type and herbal medicine were different byPattern identification. In the future, it is needed prospective and large scale database forpattern identification in lumbago patients.