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국내 근육디스트로피 환자의 임상양상, 장애 및 사회경제학적 실태

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임정근
Alternative Author(s)
Lim, Jeong Geun
Journal Title
대한신경과학회지
ISSN
1225-7044
Issued Date
2009
Abstract
Background: Since 2001, the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Korea has designated muscular dystrophy (MD) to be a rare and intractable disease, and has ensured that patients with this condition obtain support from the National Health Insurance Corporation for their medical expenditure. However, the health-related and socioeconomic status of Korean patients with MD has yet to be established.
Methods: We selected 441 patients with MD who received medical services at 17 neuromuscular centers during 2005. The medical records of selected patients were analyzed, and the subtype of MD was classified by its clinical course and diagnostic tests. A total of 95 patients or their family members participated in this health-related and socioeconomic status survey.
Results: Medical record analysis showed similar clinical and diagnostic characteristic data to those published previously in other countries: male predominance, being young at onset, and muscular weakness of the extremities as a predominant symptom in most patients. The diagnostic tests for MD were based on laboratory and electrophysiological studies. The most frequent form of MD among our cohort was Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (42%). Our survey revealed the effect of the patients’ profound disability on their activities of daily living. One-half of the patients were dissatisfied with the medical expenditure support service that was made available to them, and most patients suffered from a financial burden. The most important medical services to be developed in the future are expansion of the public health service or development of a rehabilitation hospital.
Conclusions: This is the first multicenter-based epidemiologic study on the health-related and socioeconomic status of patients with MD in Korea. The findings indicate that medical coverage and public health service are currently inadequate and hence should be expanded in the future.
Alternative Title
Clinical Features, Disability and Socioeconomic Status of Patients With Muscular Dystrophy in Korea
Department
Dept. of Neurology (신경과학)
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
오승헌 et al. (2009). 국내 근육디스트로피 환자의 임상양상, 장애 및 사회경제학적 실태. 대한신경과학회지, 27(4), 320–331.
Type
Article
ISSN
1225-7044
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/39340
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