Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

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Observation of Factors on Post-traffic accident Neck Pain in a Medical Center : Retrospective Chart Review

일개 의료기관에 입원한 교통사고 후 환자의 경항통 및 특성에 대한 관찰 : 후향적 챠트 리뷰

  • Koo, Jieun (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Chung-Yeon Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Park, Jiwon (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Chung-Yeon Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Han, Hyeonju (Neulpureun Nursing Hospital) ;
  • Jo, Hee-Geun (Chung-Yeon Medical Institute)
  • Received : 2020.10.22
  • Accepted : 2021.01.15
  • Published : 2021.02.25
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Abstract

Many prior studies on neck pain after a traffic accident (TA), but there is a lack of research on risk factors for post-TA neck pain in Korea. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between post-traffic neck pain and the demographic characteristics of TA patients and to find any factors affecting the neck pain after TA. In this study, 120 TA patients in a Korean medicine hosipital were analysized. The Korean version of the Neck disability Index (NDI) and Numeral Rating Scale (NRS) were used. Data were summarized by frequency(%) and mean(standard deviation). Pearson correlation test, Independent sample t-test, chi-squre test, one-way ANOVA and two-way ANOVA were performed. The IBM SPSS Advanced Statistics for window, version 20.0 was used for statistical processing. All p-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. NDI and NRS were highly correlated. NRS and NDI showed higher scores for women, those in 30s, BMI≥25, and side collisions, but there were no statistically significant differences. For women, the direction of collision was observed to affect NDI. In this study, it was confirmed that the NDI and NRS had a high correlation. However, it was confirmed that sex, degree of obesity, direction of traffic accident collision are not factors that significantly affect the intensity of neck pain and the functional disorder by neck. It is necessary to conduct an additional study by larger scale.

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