Referral patterns and patient characteristics at the first visit to a scoliosis center: a 2-year experience in South Korea without a school scoliosis-screening program
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dc.contributor.author | Cho, Nam Ik | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hwang, Chang Ju | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Ho Yeon | - |
dc.contributor.author | Baik, Jong-Min | - |
dc.contributor.author | Joo, Youn Suk | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Choon Sung | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Mi Young | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yoon, So Jeong | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Dong-Ho | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-27T11:41:04Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2020-02-07 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018-04 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1933-0707 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/3888 | - |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE The need for scoliosis screening remains controversial. Nationwide school screening for scoliosis has not been performed in South Korea, and there are few studies on the referral patterns of patients suspected of having scoliosis. This study aimed to examine the referral patterns to the largest scoliosis center in South Korea in the absence of a school screening program and to analyze the factors that influence the appropriateness of referral. METHODS The medical records of patients who visited a single scoliosis center for a spinal deformity evaluation were reviewed. Among 1895 new patients who visited this scoliosis center between April 2014 and March 2016, 1211 with presumed adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were included in the study. Patients were classified into 4 groups according to the referral method: non-health care provider, primary physician, hospital specialist, or school screening program. The appropriateness of referral was labeled as inappropriate, late, or appropriate. In total, 213 of 1211 patients were excluded because they had received treatment at another medical facility; 998 patients were evaluated to determine the appropriateness of referral. RESULTS Of the 998 referrals of new patients with presumed adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, 162 (16.2%) were classified as an inappropriate referral, 272 (27.3%) were classified as a late referral, and 564 (56.5%) were classified as an appropriate referral. Age, sex, Cobb angle of the major curve, and skeletal maturity were identified as statistically significant factors that correlated with the appropriateness of referral. The referral method did not correlate with the appropriateness of referral. CONCLUSIONS Under the current health care system in South Korea, a substantial number of patients with presumed adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are referred either late or inappropriately to a tertiary medical center. Although patients referred by school screening programs had a significantly lower late referral rate and higher appropriate referral rate than the other 3 groups, the referral method was not a significant factor in terms of the appropriateness of referral. | - |
dc.language | 영어 | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS | - |
dc.subject | ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS | - |
dc.subject | SINGAPORE SCHOOLCHILDREN | - |
dc.subject | PREVALENCE | - |
dc.subject | EPIDEMIOLOGY | - |
dc.subject | EXERCISES | - |
dc.subject | CHILDREN | - |
dc.subject | STUDENTS | - |
dc.subject | COHORT | - |
dc.title | Referral patterns and patient characteristics at the first visit to a scoliosis center: a 2-year experience in South Korea without a school scoliosis-screening program | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000429013500012 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3171/2017.10.PEDS17348 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS, v.21, no.4, pp.414 - 420 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85046690606 | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 420 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 414 | - |
dc.citation.title | JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS | - |
dc.citation.volume | 21 | - |
dc.citation.number | 4 | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Baik, Jong-Min | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | referral pattern | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | school screening | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | adolescent idiopathic scoliosis | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | spine | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | SINGAPORE SCHOOLCHILDREN | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | PREVALENCE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | EPIDEMIOLOGY | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | EXERCISES | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CHILDREN | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | STUDENTS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | COHORT | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Neurosciences & Neurology | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Pediatrics | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Surgery | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Clinical Neurology | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Pediatrics | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Surgery | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scie | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
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