scholarly journals Telemedicine and the use of Korean Medicine with COVID-19 patients in South Korea: an observational study (Preprint)

10.2196/20236 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soobin Jang ◽  
Dongsu Kim ◽  
Eunhee Yi ◽  
Gunhee Choi ◽  
Mideok Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Korean Medicine

scholarly journals Bypassing the Technocratic State in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-57
Author(s):  
James Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Rapid Transmission

Abstract This article reveals an important, yet hidden, Korean response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that goes beyond the actions of the state. It focuses on the Korean medicine doctors who were excluded from any government-led public health or treatment plans for COVID-19. Bypassing the state, they used telehealth to provide herbal medicines to 20 percent of COVID-19 patients in South Korea. Traditional medicine doctors volunteered their services and financial resources to fill a gap in COVID-19 care. Most observers attribute Korean success in controlling COVID-19 to the leadership of the technocratic state with buy-in from the population. However, the case of Korea offers an example of bottom-up healthcare in a community where people chose their own native cultural resources and helps to explain how doctors were able to take the initiative to autonomously work with people in the community to help to stop the otherwise rapid transmission of the virus.

scholarly journals Effects of Nonsurgical Spinal Decompression Treatment on the Level of Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Cervical or Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Retrospective Observational Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-269
Author(s):  
Beom Seok Kim ◽  
Ye Ji Lee ◽  
Hyo Bin Kim ◽  
Ki Jung Sung ◽  
Ju Hyun Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Retrospective Observational Study ◽  
Spinal Decompression ◽  
Traditional Korean Medicine ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B

Background: This study aims to statistically analyze and compare the curative effect and satisfaction level between typical traditional Korean medicine treatment and nonsurgical spinal decompression treatment.Methods: Of the patients who were diagnosed with the cervical or lumbar herniated intervertebral disc at the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine at the Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital from April 14<sup>th</sup> to August 25<sup>th</sup>, 2019, this study retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 31 patients who underwent nonsurgical spinal decompression treatment and traditional Korean medicine (assigned to Group A) and another 31 patients who received typical traditional Korean medicine alone (assigned to Group B). The clinical data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Version 23.0.Results: No statistically significant differences appeared in terms of sociodemographic, condition, and therapeutic characteristics, except whether the patient received Western medicine treatment, before or after a treatment with traditional Korean medicine. Group A exhibited higher variations in numeric rating scale, EuroQol- 5 dimension and EuroQol visual analogue scale scores compared to Group B as determined by independent sample <i>t</i> test and analysis of covariance. In addition, the satisfaction score of Group A was higher than that of Group B The result of cross analysis revealed that desire for continued treatment in Group A was higher than that of Group B.Conclusion: This retrospective observational study showed that the patients with nonsurgical spinal decompression treatment reported a greater reduction in pain, improved quality of life and satisfaction than patients receiving typical traditional Korean medicine.

scholarly journals The epidemiology of childhood intussusception in South Korea: An observational study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. e0219286
Author(s):  
Soyun Hwang ◽  
Joonghee Kim ◽  
Jae Yun Jung ◽  
Eun Mi Ham ◽  
Joong Wan Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
South Korea
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