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KMID : 0613620180380020589
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 2 p.589 ~ p.610
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Distribution of Diseases studied in North Korean Articles of ‘Internal Medicine’
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Ha Shin
Lee Yo-Han
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of research fields and diseases in internal medicine by using contents analysis and frequency analysis with 2,092 articles of ‘Internal Medicine’ from volume 1 of 2006 to volume 3 of 2015. We extracted three key information items (internal medicine divisions, disease name and major classification code of the Korean Standard Classification of Diseases version 6) and three other information items (bibliographic information, type of research and presence or absence of Korean oriental medicine) from the articles. After cross-reviewing the extracted items, data was created for analysis. 1,392 out of 2,092 articles were classified into internal medicine divisions and, the remaining 700 were classified into other medical divisions such as basic medicine, family medicine and anesthesiology. In other medical divisions, neurology was the most common. The major diseases studied in divisions of internal medicine were gastroduodenal diseases, hypertension, respiratory infections, glomerular diseases and diabetes. In other
medical divisions, cerebrovascular disease, shingles, mental and behavioral disorders and urological tumors have been studied extensively. Classification of the Korean Standard Classification of Diseases version 6 resulted in 42.4% of circulatory system diseases and digestive system diseases. Through this study, we observed the distribution of research field in North Korean internal medicine. The results of this study are expected to be used to estimate disease distribution and disease burden in North Korea.
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KEYWORD
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North Korea, Internal Medicine, Articles, Health Sciences, Diseases
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