Research Article
Clinical Practice Pattern of Korean Medicine Doctors in Idiopathic Short Stature Treatment: A Survey Study
Table 1
Basic demographic and clinical characteristics of respondents.
| | Basic information | n (%) |
| | Sex | Men | 31 (53.4) | | Women | 27 (46.6) |
| | Age (years) | <30 | 1 (1.7) | | ≥30 to <40 | 27 (46.6) | | ≥40 to <50 | 23 (39.7) | | ≥50 to <60 | 7 (12.1) |
| | Clinical experience (years) | <5 | 3 (5.2) | | ≥5 to <10 | 17 (29.3) | | ≥10 to <15 | 13 (22.4) | | ≥15 to <20 | 13 (22.4) | | ≥20 to <30 | 12 (20.7) |
| | Type of KMD license | General practitioner | 30 (51.7) | | Specialist | 28 (48.2) |
| | Working institution | KM clinic specialized in pediatric care | 29 (50.0) | | General KM clinic | 13 (22.4) | | Hospital | 16 (27.6) |
| | Number of patients with ISS (monthly average) | <10 | 27 (46.6) | | ≥10 to <30 | 17 (29.3) | | ≥30 to <50 | 6 (10.3) | | ≥50 | 8 (13.8) |
| | Mean age group of patients with ISS (years) | Infancy (<3) | 5 (8.6) | | Preschool (≥3 to <6) | 19 (32.8) | | Prepubertal (≥6 to <10) | 28 (48.3) | | Adolescence (≥10 to <20) | 6 (10.3) |
| | Total | | 58 (100.0) |
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KM, Korean medicine; KMD, Korean medicine doctor; ISS, idiopathic short stature.
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