Research Article
Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of patients.
| Characteristics | Total numbers of patients | Results |
| Sex (male/female), n (%) | 618 | 284/334 (46/54) |
| Age, yr, mean ± standard deviation | 618 | 68.06 ± 9.80 |
| Educational background | 219 | | Uneducated, n (%) | | 10 (7.8) | Elementary school graduate, n (%) | | 40 (31.0%) | Middle school graduate, n (%) | | 18 (14.0) | High school graduate, n (%) | | 23 (17.8) | College graduate, n (%) | | 16 (12.4) | Postgraduate school, n (%) | | 6 (4.6) | Nonresponse, n (%) | | 16 (12.4) |
| Occupations | 219 | | Tertiary industry, n (%) | | 7 (5.4) | Professionals, n (%) | | 4 (3.1) | Self-employed, n (%) | | 4 (3.1) | Primary industry, n (%) | | 6 (4.7) | Housework, n (%) | | 54 (41.9) | Unemployed, n (%) | | 40 (31.0) | Others, n (%) | | 14 (10.8) |
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