Association of Cost and Medical Service Satisfaction with Korean and Conventional Medicine Use before and after Surgery in Postsurgical Patients: A Questionnaire Survey of Korean Patients with Postsurgical Pain Visiting Korean Medicine Hospitals
Table 4
Medical service satisfaction and health-related scales.
Total (n = 100)
Back pain (n = 82)
Other sites of pain (n = 18)
Medical service satisfaction, mean (SD)
Initial surgery
5.5 (2.8)
5.6 (2.8)
5.0 (2.5)
Diagnostic imaging
6.4 (2.4)
6.2 (2.5)
6.9 (1.9)
Conventional interventions
5.2 (2.0)
5.1 (2.1)
5.4 (1.5)
Korean medicine tests
5.5 (1.8)
5.4 (1.8)
5.9 (1.6)
Korean medicine interventions
6.3 (1.7)
6.2 (1.8)
6.8 (1.2)
Health-related scales, mean (SD)
NRS
6.0 (2.2)
6.1 (2.2)
5.3 (2.3)
EQ-5D-5L
0.6 (0.2)
0. 6 (0.2)
0.7 (0.2)
EQ-VAS
53.0 (20.3)
51.1 (19.3)
61.9 (22.6)
BDI-II
15.3 (10.2)
15.1 (10.5)
16.2 (9.3)
Functional disability scales
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ODI: 40.1 (19.2)
NDI (n = 7): 33.1 (19.9);
WOMAC (n = 10): 37.8 (20.3);
SPADI (n = 1): 81.500 (-)
WPAI-GH: overall work productivity impairment due to health (%)
62.5 (47.8)
65.3 (47.0)
49.7 (50.7)
WPAI-GH: overall activity impairment due to health (%)
5.9 (2.6)
6.1 (2.5)
5.2 (2.8)
SD, standard deviation; NRS, Numeric Rating Scale, EQ-5D-5L, 5-Level EuroQol-5 Dimension; EQ-VAS, EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale; BDI-II, Beck’s Depression Index II; ODI, Oswestry Disability Index; NDI, Neck Disability Index; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index; SPADI, Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; WPAI-GH, Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire: General Health.
