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송경애/Kyeong Yae Sohng
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Abstract
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This study was designed to explore use of uncoventional treatments and identify related variables of patients with rheumatic disease. One hundred fifty rheumatic patients were recruited from two university based rheumatic centers accrding to
selectio
criteria. Collected data were analyzed using SAS program through with a structured questionnaire. T-test, ANOVA, and Scheffe's test were adopted.
The results were as follows:
1. 77.7% of the subjects were over forties and mean age was 48.5 years. 70.4% were women and 73.2% were living with their spouse. 82.0% of them was good or moderate or good economic status, 38.3% was university graduates.
2. 58.0% of the subjects had rheumatoid arthritis, and mean duration of suffering rheumatic disease was 6.5 years. 89.3% of them had joint pain and their mean pain score was 4.07. Most painful joints were hip(58.0%), finger(42.5%), wrist(42.0%),
and the
number of painful joint was 5.4.
70% of the subjects using unconventional treatments, the most common treatments using them was herb medicine(42.7%) and acupuncture(36.7%).
3. Level of pain was different according to subject's age, educational background, diagnosis, number of painful, and using unconventional treatments or not.
It is recommended that use of a larger sample to understand more about unconventional treatments and pain of patients with rheumatic disease. More research is needed to consider developing individual nursing interventions for their well-being and
quality of life.
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KeyWords
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비전통적 치료, 통증, 류마티스 질환, Unconventional treatments, Pain, Rheumatic Disease,
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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