동신대 목동한방병원 안이비인후피부과 내원환자의 성향에 관한 설문조사

A survey on patient preferences who had visited Dept. of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology Hospital of Dong Shin University

Objective : The purpose of this study is to understand preferences of patients who had visited the Dept. of Ophthalmology Otolaryngology & Dermatology Method : We conducted questionnaire survey on the patients who had visited the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology Hospital of Dong Shin University from March to September, 2007. Result : The result were as follows. 1. Distribution of sex: male 41 % female 59% 2. The age distribution of patients showed highest in 30-39 years(23%), followed by 20-29 years, 40-49 years in order. 3. The classification of patients according to disease: Skin disease (38%), Nose (23%), Face (10%), Eye (9%), Throat (8%), Ear (7%) 4. Other offices patients visited before coming to this clinic: Local clinic (41%). Hospital (18%), Oriental clinic or hospital (5%), None (22%) 5. The length of time the patient has had the disease: 2years (26%), more than 3years (15%), 2-4weeks (13%), 6months (11%), 1year (10%) in order 6. The expected length of treatment: 1week (21%), 2week (12%), 1month (21%) 7. 26% expected about 100,000 won as medical expenses. 8. 88% of the patients are willing to have a check-up when it needed and 40% expected about 50,000 won as check-up expenses. 9. 52% of the patients are not willing to withstand pain, and would rather heal slowly. 10. 69% of the patients said that treatment would be affected by company(44%), school(19%) and business(16%). 11. 73% of the respondants are positive about night-time treatment and 92% is positeve about making an appointment for the treatment. Conclusion : Through the research, we could understand preferences of patients who had visited Dept. of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology