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KMID : 1189420200330020023
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2020 Volume.33 No. 2 p.23 ~ p.42
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A Clinical Analysis on Outpatients with Ear Diseases of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology Department at Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital - From March, 2013 to February, 2019-
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Jea Ha-Kyung
An Jae-Hyun
Kim Su-Yeong
Jung Hyun-A
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study is designed to analyze the outpatients who received medical treatments for ear diseases in ophthalmology & otolaryngology & dermatology clinic of Daejeon Korean Medical Hospital from March, 2013 to February, 2019.
Methods : We classified the otology outpatients who received medical treatments in ophthalmology & otolaryngology & dermatology clinic of Daejeon Korean Medical Hospital from March, 2012 to February, 2019 according to gender, year, age, season, anatomical parts, and main diagnosis. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 25.0.
Results : 1. The number of outpatients with ear diseases were 880; 505 female and 375 male. The number of female patients were approximately 1.7 times higher.
2.The average age of the outpatients with ear diseases were 50.0. The number of middle-aged (40-50s) patients were 439, which is almost half the number(49.9%) of the whole patients.
3.By analyzing the number of patients classified by year, we found out that the number of the outpatients with ear diseases has increased gradually for the past 7 years.
4. In the analysis of the number of patients classified by the anatomical parts of the ear, the inner ear diseases group were the largest, amounting to 79.3% of the whole patients.
5. In the analysis of the number of patients classified by main diagnosis, Tinnitus turns out to be the largest group with 338 patients, followed by sudden sensorineural hearing loss, dizziness, otalgia, Meniere’s syndrome, otitis, auditory tube dysfunction, BPPV.
6. No statistical-significant difference were shown in the analysis of the number of patients classified by season.
Conclusions : It turns out that patients with ear diseases had increased by the years, and middle aged patients (40-50s) were the largest among the age groups. Most of the patients came for the inner-ear diseases, and tinnitus, sudden sensorineural hearing loss took up the largest proportions.
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KEYWORD
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Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology clinic, Otology, Korean Medical Treatment, Tinnitus, Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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