Comparative Effectiveness of Collaborative Treatment with Korean and Western Medicine for Low Back Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients.

Variables		Usual care N = 76		Collaboration N = 74		value
Sex	Male	24	31.58%	39	52.7%	0.009
	Female	52	68.42%	35	47.3%
Income (monthly) (won)	Unknown	54	71.05%	41	55.41%	0.003
	Under 2 million	5	6.58%	4	5.41%
	2–5 million	8	10.53%	26	35.14%
	5–10 million	7	9.21%	2	2.7%
	Over 10 million	2	2.63%	1	1.35%
Age (years old)		44.39	17.33	48.78	13.9	0.0896
Diagnosis	Dorsalgia	37	48.68%	33	44.59%	0.825
	Sprain	29	38.16%	29	39.19%
	HIVD and others	10	13.16%	12	14.67%
ODI		26.75	15.32	35.44	14.98	0.0006
NRS		5.066	2.016	5.466	1.80	0.2036
EQ-5D-5L		0.7344	0.1444	0.6786	0.1522	0.0226
EQ-VAS (mm)		54.46	16.65	55.03	20.23	0.8527
Duration (day)		198.8	820.90	85.53	465.40	0.3019

Frequency, mean, and percent or standard deviation; value < 0.05; HIVD: herniated intervertebral disc; ODI : Oswestry Disability Index; NRS: numeric rating scale; EQ-5D-5L: 5-level EuroQol-5 dimensions; EQ-VAS : EuroQol-visual analog scale.