Research Article
A Retrospective Analysis of Patients’ Conditions Using Acupuncture in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital
Table 3
Classification of medical symptoms of patients in acupuncture treatment.
| Diagnosis | Outpatients () | Inpatients () | (%) | (%) |
| Pain | | | Spine pain (lumbar) | 4166 (26.69) | 1188 (31.72) | Spine pain (neck) | 2229 (14.28) | 545 (14.55) | Spine pain (back, thoracic, and rib) | 426 (2.73) | 133 (3.55) | Spine pain (etc.) | 382 (2.45) | 156 (4.17) | Shoulder pain | 1822 (11.67) | 185 (4.94) | Upper extremity pain (excluding shoulder) | 1383 (8.86) | 107 (2.86) | Pelvic pain | 261 (1.67) | 53 (1.41) | Hip/knee pain | 909 (5.82) | 156 (4.17) | Lower extremity pain | 301 (1.93) | 76 (2.03) | Ankle/foot pain | 881 (5.65) | 79 (2.11) | Multiple site pain | 153 (0.98) | 50 (1.34) | Other conditions | | | Facial disease | 653 (4.18) | 135 (3.60) | Headache | 358 (2.29) | 64 (1.71) | Etc. | 1685 (10.80) | 818 (21.84) | Total | 15,609 | 3745 |
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Values are provided as (%) Patients received multiple treatments according to each symptom classification.
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