Long Term Follow-Up of Traumatic Fracture Patients Treated With Integrated Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Observational Study

Long Term Follow-Up of Traumatic Fracture Patients Treated With Integrated Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Observational Study

The purpose of this study is to reveal the effectiveness of integrative Korean medicine for trauma fracture by observation inpatients treated with integrative Korean medicine.

This study is a prospective observational study. The subjects for study are patients diagnosed with fracture and who have been admitted to five Jaseng Hospital of Korean medicine (Gangnam, Bucheon, Daejeon, Bundang and Haeundae) for 2017.03-2020.08.

Medical records of selected patients will be analyzed, and online google surveys(or telephone) will be conducted for each patient. The survey questions are Numeric rating scale (NRS), quality of life, and Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC), etc.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 19-85 years old
2. Pateints who have been admitted to five Jaseng Hospital of Korean medicine (Gangnam, Bucheon, Daejeon, Bundang and Haeundae) and hospitalized 5 days or more
3. fracture caused by trauma
4. Patients have agreed to participate the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. pathological fracture, stress fracture
2. Open fracture
3. The cause of pain is due to other disease, not the fracture: tumors, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, etc.
4. Patients who are difficult to complete the research questionaire because of communication, mental or physical capabilities.
5. lack of data of collection
6. Patients deemed unable to participate in the clinical research by other researchers