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KMID : 1003820200240010015
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Journal Of The Korea Institute Of Oriental Medical Diagnostics
2020 Volume.24 No. 1 p.15 ~ p.28
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The survey for disease and symptom of people in Ethiopia through a MCM General Hospital
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Kim Ha-Yong
Choi Jung-Jun
Kim Joon
Jang Eun-Su
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Korean Medicine, Appropriate Technology, Ethiopia
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