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: Received: 22 June 2023 / Approved: 27 June 2023 / Online: 27 June 2023 (12:20:33 CEST)
How to cite:
Lee, Y.; Lee, S.; Kim, Y. Characteristic Changes in First-Visit Patients with Peripheral Facial Palsy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Retrospective Study. Preprints2023, 2023061900. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1900.v1
Lee, Y.; Lee, S.; Kim, Y. Characteristic Changes in First-Visit Patients with Peripheral Facial Palsy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Retrospective Study. Preprints 2023, 2023061900. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1900.v1
Lee, Y.; Lee, S.; Kim, Y. Characteristic Changes in First-Visit Patients with Peripheral Facial Palsy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Retrospective Study. Preprints2023, 2023061900. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1900.v1
APA Style
Lee, Y., Lee, S., & Kim, Y. (2023). Characteristic Changes in First-Visit Patients with Peripheral Facial Palsy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Retrospective Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1900.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Lee, Y., Suji Lee and Yong-suk Kim. 2023 "Characteristic Changes in First-Visit Patients with Peripheral Facial Palsy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Retrospective Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1900.v1
Abstract
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected healthcare utilization rates on a global scale. This study aimed to analyze whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected the characteristics of first-visit patients with peripheral facial palsy visiting a Korean Medicine hospital and to observe characteristics changes in them. (2) Methods: This study analyzed the electronic medical records of 2,310 first-visit patients with peripheral facial palsy who visited the Facial Palsy Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee University Medical Center from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 in terms of demographic characteristics, disease phase, residence locations, hospital visit route, and patient care type. (3) Results: There were significant relationships between the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., before and during) and the number of patients by disease phase (p=0.043), residence locations (p=0.003), residence locations in Seoul (p=0.003), and patient care types (p=0.003). (4) Conclusions: There were several differences in characteristics of first-visit patients with peripheral facial palsy visiting a Korean Medicine hospital during COVID-19 pandemic in terms of demographic characteristics, disease phase, residence locations, residence locations in Seoul, and patient care types.
Keywords
COVID-19; first-visit; peripheral facial palsy; Korean Medicine hospital
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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