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Inpatient treatment effect and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory characteristics of motor vehicle collision injuries in a traditional korean medicine hospital: Retrospective chart review

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Abstract

Objectives

To examine the changes in pain, disability, and quality of life in motor vehicle collision injury (MVCI) patients after treatment with traditional Korean medicine (TKM), and to investigate the psychological characteristics of these patients.

Methods

Forty-one patients with MVCI were treated with TKM including acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, moxibustion, cup**, herbal medication, chuna manual therapy, and physical therapy. Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale were assessed at admission and discharge. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was assessed at admission.

Results

After treatment, NRS scores for headache, cervical pain, and lumbar pain were significantly decreased (P<0.05); NDI, ODI scores were significantly decreased, and Lysholm score was signifificantly increased (P<0.05). The following SF-36 scores were signifificantly increased: physical and mental component summary, bodily pain, role-physical, role-emotional, social functioning, and mental health scores (all P<0.05). MMPI identifified 3–1 profifile conversion V shape.

Conclusions

Treatment of MVCI with TKM provided effective management of complex symptoms such as pain, disability, and loss of quality of life. A comprehensive plan must be implemented for treatment and research in cases of MVCIs owing to the correlation between physical symptoms and psychological profifiles.

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  1. Department of Korean Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dong-shin University, Naju, 58245, Republic of Korea

    Min-Yeong Song, Kil-Joon Bae, Tae-Gwang Kim & **-Bong Choi

  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs, The Association of Korean Medicine, Seoul, 07525, Republic of Korea

    Hee-Guen Jo

  3. Chung-Yeon Medical Institute, Chung-Yeon Korean Medicine Hospital, Gwangju, 61949, Republic of Korea

    Hee-Guen Jo

  4. Department of Korean Rehabilitation Medicine, Chung-Yeon Korean Medicine Hospital, Gwangju, 61949, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Uk Sul & Seong-Tae Kim

  5. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dong-shin University, Naju, 58245, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Hong Kim

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Supported by the Convergence of Conventional Medicine and Traditional Korean Medicine R&D Program funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Republic of Korea (No. HI14C0862)

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Song, MY., Jo, HG., Sul, JU. et al. Inpatient treatment effect and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory characteristics of motor vehicle collision injuries in a traditional korean medicine hospital: Retrospective chart review. Chin. J. Integr. Med. (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2743-3

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