Acknowledgement
본 연구는 한국한의학연구원 기관주요사업인 '빅데이터 기반 한의 예방 치료 원천기술 개발'(KSN2021120)과 대전대학교 링크사업+의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구입니다. 본 연구에 협조해주신 강희수 부원장님, 이승규 선생님을 비롯하여 에티오피아 아디스아바바에서 환자들의 권익을 위해 봉사하는 김철수 원장님 이하 MCM General Hospital 관계자분들께 감사드립니다.
The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics (대한한의진단학회지)
- Volume 24 Issue 1
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- Pages.15-28
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- 2020
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- 1226-5241(pISSN)
The survey for disease and symptom of people in Ethiopia through a MCM General Hospital
에티오피아 MCM General Hospital을 통해 살펴본 지역주민들의 질병 및 증상 현황
- Kim, Hayong (Division of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
- Choi, Jung-jun (Division of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
- Kim, Joon (Yewon Arts University) ;
- Jang, Eunsu (Division of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University)
- Published : 2020.06.30
Abstract
Objectives The aim of this study was to suggest basic data of health and medical status in Ethiopia for globalization of Korean Medicine. Methods This study was conducted from 26 to 28, Dec, 2018 in the MCM General Hospital in Addis ababa of Ethiopia. The questionnaire was developed from open form of review of system questionnaire and some question was changed. It was composed of 3 parts: chief complaint, review of system and medical policy. For more information, we interviewed the director of a public health clinic. The 94 questionnaires was collected. Three of them was incomplete, and 91 was analyzed. Results (1) Seventeen people appealed for head problem, and thirteen people for abdomen, and eleven for chest in chief complaint. (2) The number of 22 people had problem in nervous system. Twenty also had diseases of respiratory and digestive system respectively. (3) They also appeal for pain in head, mouth, eye, and neck and complained for fatigue, weight gain or loss, and weakness in review of system. (4) They put the priority on disease prevention than management or treatment. Conclusions This study suggests information on medical status of the people in the medical hospital of Ethiopia which is valuable for globalization of Korean Medicine.