Analysis of factors related to the use of Korean medicine treatment in adult patients with depressed mood: Based on the Korea Health Panel Annual Data 2019

Tae-Hyeon Lee; Il-Su Park; Chan-Young Kwon; Lee, Tae-Hyeon; Park, Il-Su; Kwon, Chan-Young

doi:10.13048/jkm.24053.e1

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The Journal of Korean Medicine ; 45(3): 243-245.

Published online: September 1, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.24053.e1

Analysis of factors related to the use of Korean medicine treatment in adult patients with depressed mood: Based on the Korea Health Panel Annual Data 2019

Tae-Hyeon Lee¹, Il-Su Park², Chan-Young Kwon³

¹Department of Biomedical Health Science, Dong-eui University Graduate School

²Department of Healthcare Management, Dong-eui University College of Nursing, Healthcare Sciences and Human Ecology

³Department of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Dong-eui University College of Korean Medicine

This corrects the article "Analysis of factors related to the use of Korean medicine treatment in adult patients with depressed mood: Based on the Korea Health Panel Annual Data 2019" in Volume 45 on page 83.

Abstract

Objectives

This study analyzed the factors related to outpatient service to Western medicine (WM) and Korean medicine (KM) of Korean adults with depressed mood using data from the 2019 Korea Health Panel Study.

Methods

The general characteristics according to group of 827 individuals, and the factors influencing the use of integrative medicine (IM) medical service were identified using the Chi-square test and binary logistic regression results. The factors were classified based on the Andersen healthcare utilization model. The results of regression analysis were presented as odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).

Results

Among the individuals of the study, 658 (79.6%) were in the WM group and 169 (20.4%) were in the IM group. In the WM group and the IM group, the presence of suicidal ideation was common at 37.7% and 43.2%, respectively. As a result of regression analysis, the living in Busan/Daegu/Ulsan/Gyeongsang compared to living in Seoul/Gyeonggi/Incheon [OR = 0.522 (95% CI = 0.328 to 0.830)], and presence of musculoskeletal [OR = 1.686 (95% CI = 1.071 to 2.653)] and mood disorders [OR = 1.737 (95% CI = 1.106 to 2.726)] were the most influential factors on the use of IM medical service.

Conclusions

This study is the first in Korea to analyze the patterns of medical institution use and factors used in KM treatment among adults with depressed mood. The results of this study provide preliminary evidence for the contribution of KM to national mental health in the context of depression.

Keywords: Korean medicine, Depression, Depressed mood, Pain, Korea Health Panel Annual Data

J Korean Med. 2024;45(2):83-95

http://dx.doi.org/10.13048/jkm.24026

In the article cited above, the wrong tables were inserted.(‘Table 2’ and ‘Table 3’) The corrected tables are as following.

Table 2

Factors associated with the use of integrative medicine.

Independent variables			Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
Independent variables			OR	95%L LCI	95%U LCI	OR	95%L LCI	95%U LCI	OR	95%L LCI	95%U LCI
Predisposing factors	Age (ref: 65+)	19–29	.417 (.069)	.162	1.071	.354^* (.037)	.133	.938	.441 (.118)	.158	1.232
		30–49	.842 (.545)	.483	1.468	.682 (.206)	.377	1.235	.814 (.550)	.416	1.595
		50–64	.779 (.283)	.494	1.228	.684 (.127)	.419	1.115	.823 (.466)	.488	1.389
	Sex	Men	.846 (.405)	.571	1.254	.815 (.316)	.546	1.216	.929 (.730)	.611	1.412
	Education level (ref: college above)	Elementary school or below	.967 (.911)	.535	1.747	1.148 (.666)	.613	2.150	.966 (.917)	.502	1.858
	Education level (ref: college above)	Middle or high school	.598^* (.040)	.366	.976	.682 (.144)	.408	1.139	.637 (.100)	.372	1.091
	Region (ref: Seoul/Gyeonggi/Incheon)	Gangwon	.509 (.552)	.055	4.702	.540 (.582)	.060	4.834	.389 (.352)	.054	2.833
		Daejeon/Chungcheong/Sejong	.943 (.826)	.565	1.574	.936 (.805)	.554	1.582	.925 (.773)	.546	1.567
		Gwangju/Jeolla/Jeju	.632 (.071)	.384	1.040	.602^* (.048)	.364	.996	.612 (.064)	.364	1.029
		Busan/Daegu/Ulsan/Gyeongsang	.532^** (.005)	.344	.824	.542^** (.007)	.347	.845	.522^** (.006)	.328	.830
Enabling factors	Total income (ref: 4th percentile)	1st percentile				1.596 (.119)	.887	2.871	1.736 (.067)	.963	3.130
		2nd percentile				1.433 (.196)	.830	2.473	1.589 (.099)	.917	2.755
		3rd percentile				.985 (.951)	.610	1.591	.993 (.978)	.606	1.626
	Employment status	active				1.229 (.299)	.832	1.815	1.215 (.361)	.800	1.845
	Health insurance type (ref: medical aid or others)	employee or local				1.090 (.785)	.587	2.027	1.714 (.136)	.844	3.483
Need factors	Disability	presence							1.726 (.068)	.961	3.098
	Self-assessed health (ref: poor)	good							.864 (.496)	.567	1.316
	Self-assessed health (ref: poor)	fair							.743 (.358)	.395	1.400
	Perceived stress (ref: rarely)	Very much							1.025 (.950)	.471	2.233
		Much							1.226 (.594)	.580	2.592
		A little							1.699 (.207)	.746	3.868
	Anxiety	Presence							.722 (.108)	.485	1.074
	Suicidal ideation	Presence							1.277 (.198)	.880	1.853
	Pain/discomfort (ref: absence)	very much							1.343 (.196)	.858	2.102
	Pain/discomfort (ref: absence)	much							.540 (.299)	.169	1.726
	Cancer	presence							1.400 (.332)	.709	2.763
	Cardio-cerebrovascular	presence							.812 (.348)	.525	1.255
	Endocrine	presence							.916 (.695)	.592	1.418
	Liver	presence							.292 (.226)	.040	2.139
	Musculoskeletal	presence							1.686^* (.024)	1.071	2.653
	Respiratory	presence							.586 (.323)	.203	1.692
	Dementia	presence							1.797 (.345)	.533	6.064
	Mood disorders	presence							1.737^* (.016)	1.106	2.726
	Renal	presence							.403 (.433)	.041	3.909

Note.

* , p<.05;

** , p<.01;

*** , p<.001.

Abbreviations. LLCI, lower limit confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; ULCI, upper limit confidence interval.

Table 3

Characteristics of Western medicine and integrative medicine treatments for individuals with depressed mood.

Variables		WM group (658 individuals, 14722 WM sessions)	IM group (169 individuals, 5036 WM sessions)	X² (p-value) Compared to WM group	IM group (169 individuals, 2030 KM sessions)
Mean treatment sessions per individual		22.37	29.80	NA	12.01
Reason of treatment	Disease treatment or examination (diagnosis)	13878 (94.3%)	4713 (93.6%)	3.130 (0.077)	1914 (94.3%)
	Rehabilitation and palliative care	127 (0.9%)	21 (0.4%)	10.024^** (0.002)	9 (0.4%)
	Accident or poisoning	404 (2.7%)	159 (3.2%)	2.313 (0.128)	7 (0.3%)
	Preventive care	116 (0.8%)	36 (0.7%)	0.263 (0.608)	74 (3.6%)
	Other	197 (1.3%)	107 (2.1%)	15.325^*** (0.000)	26 (1.3%)
Main diagnosis	Cancer	322 (2.3%)	105 (2.3%)	0.043 (0.836)	Not investigated.
	Cardio-cerebrovascular	2351 (17.1%)	653 (14.2%)	20.630^*** (0.000)	35 (1.9%)
	Endocrine	605 (4.4%)	160 (3.5%)	7.172^** (0.007)	Not investigated.
	Liver	74 (0.5%)	0 (0%)	24.793^*** (0.000)	Not investigated.
	Musculoskeletal	3693 (26.8%)	1388 (30.2%)	19.757^*** (0.000)	1596 (84.6%)
	Respiratory	1478 (10.7%)	428 (9.3%)	7.459^** (0.006)	Not investigated.
	Dementia	94 (0.7%)	23 (0.5%)	1.805 (0.179)	0 (0%)
	Mood disorders	992 (7.2%)	309 (6.7%)	1.203 (0.273)	Not investigated.
	Renal	572 (4.2%)	8 (0.2%)	178.428^*** (0.000)	Not investigated.
	Others	3589 (26.1%)	1521 (33.1%)	84.961^*** (0.000)	256 (13.6%)

Note.

* , p<.05;

** , p<.01;

*** , p<.001.

Abbreviations. IM, integrative medicine; KM, Korean medicine; NA, not applicable; WM, Western medicine.