From: Characteristics and status of Korean medicine use in whiplash-associated disorder patients
N | % (including individuals with missing data) | |
---|---|---|
Age (years), mean ± SD | 8291 | 36.0 ± 10.9 |
< 20 | 200 | 2.4 |
20 ≤ < 30 | 1953 | 23.6 |
30 ≤ < 40 | 3730 | 45.0 |
40 ≤ < 50 | 1432 | 17.3 |
50 ≤ < 60 | 649 | 7.8 |
≥ 60 | 327 | 3.9 |
Sex | ||
Male | 4617 | 55.7 |
Female | 3674 | 44.3 |
First visit from onset (days), mean ± SD | 7878 | 16.1 ± 94.1 |
0 ≤ ≤1 | 2588 | 31.2 |
2 ≤ ≤7 | 3050 | 36.8 |
8 ≤ ≤14 | 941 | 11.3 |
> 14 | 1299 | 15.7 |
Missing data | 413 | 5.0 |
Occupation | ||
Professionals | 1844 | 22.2 |
Office workers | 1751 | 21.1 |
Sales or service workers | 1428 | 17.2 |
Administrative managers | 820 | 9.9 |
Technicians and engineering-related workers | 102 | 1.2 |
Equipment, machine operating and assembling workers | 60 | 0.7 |
Manual laborers | 47 | 0.6 |
Armed forces | 27 | 0.3 |
Skilled agriculture, forestry and fishery workers | 8 | 0.1 |
Inoccupation (including housewives and students) | 2106 | 25.4 |
Missing data | 98 | 1.2 |
Smokinga | ||
Current smoker | 2618 | 31.6 |
Former smoker | 214 | 2.6 |
Non-smoker | 5248 | 63.3 |
Missing data | 211 | 2.5 |
Drinkingb | ||
Yes | 3820 | 46.1 |
No | 4457 | 53.8 |
Missing data | 14 | 0.2 |
Hospital entrance method | ||
Self-walking | 7979 | 96.2 |
Assisted walking | 45 | 0.5 |
Stretcher-car | 3 | 0.0 |
Missing data | 264 | 3.2 |
Comorbidityc | ||
Hypertension | 335 | 4.0 |
Liver disease | 249 | 3.0 |
Diabetes | 138 | 1.7 |
Other musculoskeletal disease | 103 | 1.2 |
Cardiovascular disease | 88 | 1.1 |
Gastrointestinal disease | 39 | 0.5 |
Pulmonary disease | 30 | 0.4 |
Depression | 4 | 0.0 |
Other | 719 | 8.7 |
Prior treatment for present illnessd | ||
Analgesics intake for neck pain, mean ± SD | 552 | 7.4 ± 6.5 |
Steroids intake for neck pain, mean ± SD | 50 | 2.2 ± 1.8 |
Intervention for neck pain, mean ± SD | 11 | 1.3 ± 0.6 |
Analgesics intake for LBP, mean ± SD | 428 | 7.9 ± 6.8 |
Steroids intake for LBP, mean ± SD | 71 | 2.1 ± 2.1 |
Intervention for LBP, mean ± SD | 49 | 1.3 ± 1.2 |