소화불량증을 호소하여 1개 한방병원에 내원한 환자 130례에 대한 임상특성 분석 = Analysis for clinical feature of 130 patients with dyspepsia in a Korean Medicine hospital

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Objective: This study aimed to explore the clinical feature of patients with dyspepsia who were treated by an Oriental internal medicine. Methods: We analyzed 130 patients who visited an Korean Medicine Hospital for their dyspepsia-related symptoms, from March 1, 2014 until to February 28, 2015 Results: The sex composition was consisted of 31.5% man and 68.5% woman, and 85.6% of outpatient and 14.4% of inpatient. The 39.2% of patients showed chronic complain (>6 months), and the main causes included stress and fatigue for 46.2% and 31.5% respectively. The accompanied symptoms were mainly fatigue (40.0%), insomnia (36.9%), abnormal stool (34.6%), upper back pain (31.5%), and headache (28.5%). The improvement rate was 68.5% while other (31.5%) showed no change of dysplasia. Conclusion: This study created an important information of patients with dysplasia, which will be critically helpful for development of Korean Medicine-based therapeutics in the future.