Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (동의신경정신과학회지)

The Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (대한한방신경정신과학회)
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Analysis of Factors Related to the Use of Korean Medicine Treatment in Patients with Mood Disorders: Based on 2019 Korea Health Panel Annual Data

기분장애 환자에서 한의치료 이용과 관련된 요인분석: 제2기 한국의료패널 자료를 중심으로

  • Kyoungeun Lee (Dong-eui University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Chan-Young Kwon (Department of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Dong-eui University College of Korean Medicine)
  • 이경은 (동의대학교부속한방병원) ;
  • 권찬영 (동의대학교 한의과대학 한방신경정신과)
  • Received : 2023.11.01
  • Accepted : 2023.12.16
  • Published : 2023.12.30
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Abstract

Objectives: We used the 2019 Korea Health Panel Annual Data to analyze factors related to visits to Korean medicine (KM) outpatient clinics among patients with mood disorders in Korea. Methods: Individuals aged 19 years or older, with depressive or bipolar disorders, and with a record of using Western medicine (WM) and/or the KM medical service were included. The 266 subjects were classified into the WM group or the integrative medicine (IM) group. The Andersen healthcare utilization model was used to analyze factors that potentially influenced the subjects' healthcare utilization. Binomial logistic regression analysis was used to analyze factors influencing the use of IM medical services. Results: Among the subjects, 75.56% (n=201) were in the WM group, and 24.44% (n=65) were in the IM group. Statistically significant differences were observed in residential areas, total annual income, the presence of disability, and the level of pain/discomfort between the two groups. Regression analysis found that residential areas and pain/discomfort were factors related to the use of IM services. Specifically, reporting "a lot" of pain/discomfort compared to "no" pain/discomfort showed a significant positive relationship with the use of IM (odds ratio=4.57, 95% confidence interval=1.79 to 11.70). Conclusions: This study was the first to analyze the status of KM medical service use and related factors among patients with mood disorders in Korea. The finding that the presence of pain/discomfort was positively correlated with the use of KM services is potentially related to medically unexplained physical symptoms or somatization phenomena.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT), Korea, under the Grand Information Technology Research Center support program (IITP-2023-2020-0-01791) supervised by the IITP (Institute for Information & communications Technology Planning & evaluation), and by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI23C1403). This study used the Korea Health Panel Annual Data 2019 (Version 2.0.1) jointly hosted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the National Health Insurance Service.

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