Research Article
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 |
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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. |