A Study for effectiveness of School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Dong Su Kim; Hye Lim Lee; Hyun Kyung Sung; Sun Ju Park; Ju Ah Lee; Jae-un Ko; Jae-Man Park; Suk-Hoon Choi; Hyo-Sun Kim; Ho-Yeon Go; Kim, Dong Su; Lee, Hye Lim; Sung, Hyun Kyung; Park, Sun Ju; Lee, Ju Ah; Ko, Jae-un; Park, Jae-Man; Choi, Suk-Hoon; Kim, Hyo-Sun; Go, Ho-Yeon

doi:10.13048/jkm.17033

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Kim, Lee, Sung, Park, Lee, Ko, Park, Choi, Kim, and Go: A Study for effectiveness of School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Original Article

The Journal of Korean Medicine 2017; 38(3): 160-169.

Published online: September 30, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.17033

A Study for effectiveness of School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Dong Su Kim¹, Hye Lim Lee², Hyun Kyung Sung³, Sun Ju Park⁴, Ju Ah Lee⁵, Jae-un Ko⁶, Jae-Man Park⁶, Suk-Hoon Choi⁶, Hyo-Sun Kim⁶, Ho-Yeon Go⁷

¹Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

²Dep. of Pediatrics, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University

³Dep. of Pediatrics, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University

⁴Dep. of Preventive medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University

⁵Dep. of Internal medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University

⁶Korean medicine association in Sungnam city

⁷Dep. of Internal medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University

Correspondence to：고호연(Ho-Yeon Go) 세명대학교 한의과대학 내과학 교실 Tel：+82-43-841-1731, Fax：+82-43-856-1731, E-mail : kohoyeon@gmail.com

Received September 4, 2017 Revised September 18, 2017 Accepted September 18, 2017

Abstract

Objectives

Health in adolescent is very important in the whole life. But, students in Korea are very busy and hard to care about their health. This study is aimed to effectiveness and safety of effectiveness of School Doctor program in Korean Medicine.

Method

From august to december, 2015, Korean medicine association in Sungnam city conducted school doctor program for 12 middle and 8 high school. School doctor visitied 8 times and treat, lecture and consulting for students and teachers. The number of students participating in health lecture is 1,905. The number of students participating in the school project was 147 students in junior high school and 187 students in high school, totaling 334 students.

Results

The overall satisfaction rate of students was very high (83.2%) for school doctor program in Korean medicine. 92.8% of respondents answered that they should continue to school doctor program in Korean medicine.

Conclusions

We find that Korean medicine is suitable for the school doctor program. But this study have some limitations. Large-scale prospective study will be needed.

Keywords: School doctor program, Effectiveness, Korean medicine

Table 1

Middle & High School and Student Participating School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Variables		Middle school	High school	Participants
School	Sujeong-gu	2	2	452
	Jungwon-gu	5	2	485
	Bundang-gu	5	4	968

Health lecture participants		1,140	765	1,905

Table 2

Subjects Participated School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Variables		Male	Female	P-value
Age	13	4( 5.1)	24( 9.4)	0.154
	14	9(11.5)	46(18.0)
	15	14(17.9)	50(19.5)
	16	21(26.9)	38(14.8)
	17	22(28.2)	76(29.7)
	18	8(10.3)	22( 8.6)
School	Middle school	27(34.6)	120(46.9)	0.056
	High school	51(65.4)	136(53.1)

Table 3

Numbers of Treatment through School Doctor Program

Variables		Nubmers of uses in school visiting program	P-value
Age	13(N=28)	2.29±1.76	0.001
	14(N=55)	2.05±1.34
	15(N=64)	2.82±2.08a
	16(N=59)	1.49±1.12b
	17(N=98)	2.09±1.29
	18(N=30)	2.10±1.52
School	Middle school(N=147)	2.44±1.80	0.003
	High school(N=187)	1.90±1.30
Gender	Male(N=78)	2.36±1.63	0.153
	Female(N=256)	2.07±1.53

a,b means statistically different by Bonferri analysis

Table 4

The Satisfaction of School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Variables		Very unsatisfied	Unsatisfied	Not bad	Good	Very Good	P-value
Age	13 (N=28)	0(0)	1(3.6)	3(10.7)	8(28.6)	16(57.1)	0.683
	14 (N=55)	0(0)	2(3.6)	7(12.7)	26(47.3)	20(36.4)
	15 (N=64)	0(0)	1(1.6)	13(20.3)	20(31.3)	30(46.9)
	16 (N=59)	0(0)	3(5.1)	6(10.2)	18(30.5)	32(54.2)
	17 (N=98)	0(0)	2(2.0)	14(14.3)	39(39.8)	43(43.9)
	18 (N=30)	0(0)	0(0.0)	4(13.3)	11(36.7)	15(50.0)
School	M.S. (N=147)	0(0)	4(2.7)	23(15.6)	54(36.7)	66(44.9)	0.885
	H.S. (N=187)	0(0)	5(2.7)	24(12.8)	68(36.4)	90(48.1)
Gender	Male (N=78)	0(0)	0(0.0)	12(15.4)	29(37.2)	37(47.4)	0.409
	Female (N=256)	0(0)	9(3.5)	35(13.7)	93(36.3)	119(46.5)
Total		0(0)	9(2.7)	47(14.1)	122(36.5)	156(46.7)

M.S. Middle school, H.S. High school

Table 5

Need for School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Variables		No need	Need	P-value
Age	13(N=28)	1(3.6)	27(96.4)	0.940
	14(N=55)	4(7.3)	51(92.7)
	15(N=64)	4(6.3)	60(93.8)
	16(N=59)	4(6.8)	55(93.2)
	17(N=98)	9(9.2)	89(90.8)
	18(N=30)	2(6.7)	28(93.3)
School	Middle school(N=147)	9(6.1)	138(93.9)	0.505
	High school(N=187)	15(8.0)	172(92.0)
Gender	Male(N=78)	8(10.3)	70(89.7)	0.230
	Female(N=256)	16( 6.3)	240(93.8)

Total		24( 7.2)	310(92.8)

Table 6

The Satisfaction of Health Consultation School Doctor in Korean Medicine

Variables		Very unsatisfied	Unsatisfied	Not bad	Good	Very Good	P-value
Age	13 (N=28)	0(0)	1(3.6)	4(14.3)	8(28.6)	15(53.6)	0.614
	14 (N=55)	0(0)	0(0.0)	14(25.5)	19(34.5)	22(40.0)
	15 (N=64)	0(0)	0(0.0)	15(23.4)	28(43.8)	21(32.8)
	16 (N=59)	0(0)	2(3.4)	9(15.3)	21(35.6)	27(45.8)
	17 (N=98)	0(0)	2(2.0)	15(15.3)	42(42.9)	39(39.8)
	18 (N=30)	0(0)	0(0.0)	5(16.7)	11(36.7)	14(46.7)
School	M.S. (N=147)	0(0)	1(0.7)	33(22.4)	55(37.4)	58(39.5)	0.305
	H.S. (N=187)	0(0)	4(2.1)	29(15.5)	74(39.6)	80(42.8)
Gender	Male (N=78)	0(0)	0(0.0)	20(25.6)	23(29.5)	35(44.9)	0.079
	Female (N=256)	0(0)	5(2.0)	42(16.4)	106(41.4)	103(40.2)
Total		0(0)	5(1.5)	62(18.6)	129(38.6)	138(41.3)

M.S. Middle school, H.S. High school

Table 7

The Satisfaction of Therapy & Treatment School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Variables		Very unsatisfied	Unsatisfied	Not bad	Good	Very Good	P-value
Age	13 (N=28)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	4(14.3)	9(32.1)	15(53.6)	0.745
	14 (N=55)	0(0.0)	1(1.8)	10(18.2)	18(32.7)	26(47.3)
	15 (N=64)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	16(25.0)	21(32.8)	27(42.2)
	16 (N=59)	0(0.0)	2(3.4)	12(20.3)	21(35.6)	24(40.7)
	17 (N=98)	1(1.0)	4(4.1)	20(20.4)	38(38.8)	35(35.7)
	18 (N=30)	0(0.0)	2(6.7)	2(6.7)	14(46.7)	12(40.0)
School	M.S. (N=147)	0(0.0)	1(0.7)	30(20.4)	48(32.7)	68(46.3)	0.124
	H.S. (N=187)	1(0.5)	8(4.3)	34(18.2)	73(39.0)	71(38.0)
Gender	Male (N=78)	0(0.0)	3(3.8)	11(14.1)	28(35.9)	36(46.2)	0.614
	Female (N=256)	1(0.4)	6(2.3)	53(20.7)	93(36.3)	103(40.2)
Total		1(0.3)	9(2.7)	64(19.2)	121(36.2)	139(41.6)

M.S. Middle school, H.S. High school

Table 8

The Satisfaction of Therapy School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

Variables		Very unsatisfied	Unsatisfied	Not bad	Good	Very Good	P-value
Age	13 (N=28)	0(0.0)	1(3.6)	6(21.4)	9(32.1)	12(42.9)	0.943
	14 (N=55)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	14(25.5)	20(36.4)	21(38.2)
	15 (N=64)	1(1.6)	2(3.1)	14(21.9)	26(40.6)	21(32.8)
	16 (N=59)	0(0.0)	2(3.4)	14(23.7)	18(30.5)	25(42.4)
	17 (N=98)	0(0.0)	3(3.1)	26(26.5)	37(37.8)	7(23.3)
	18 (N=30)	0(0.0)	1(3.3)	9(30.0)	7(23.3)	13(43.3)
School	M.S. (N=147)	1(0.7)	3(2.0)	34(23.1)	55(37.4)	54(36.7)	0.656
	H.S. (N=187)	0(0.0)	6(3.2)	49(26.2)	62(33.2)	70(37.4)
Gender	Male (N=78)	0(0.0)	1(1.3)	23(29.5)	25(32.1)	29(37.2)	0.700
	Female (N=256)	1(0.4)	8(3.1)	60(23.4)	92(35.9)	95(37.1)
Total		0(0)	5(1.5)	62(18.6)	129(38.6)	138(41.3)

M.S. Middle school, H.S. High school

Table 9

Advantage for School Doctor Program in Korean Medicine

	Male (N=78)	Female (N=256)	M.S. (N=147)	H.S. (N=187)
Awareness of my condition	35	132	74	93
Therapy for symptoms	41	103	75	69
Get health information	26	104	51	79
Knowing for health management	21	115	68	68

Table 10

No Preferred Reasons for Korean Medical Clinic

	Male (N=78)	Female (N=256)	M.S. (N=147)	H.S. (N=187)
Preference for western medicine	27	101	56	72
Dislike for Korean therapy (Ex. Acupuncture, Moxa)	9	56	33	32
Not well konwoing for Korean medicine	10	45	23	32
No time for therapy	28	94	54	68

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