Kioh Sheng Hui, Pooke Tamara Gien, Chong Siew Fong
Department of Chiropractic, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
J Chiropr Med. 2021 Sep;20(3):115-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2021.12.001. Epub 2022 Apr 6.
The objective of this study was to describe the demographics and clinical profiles of patients visiting a chiropractic teaching clinic in Malaysia.
A retrospective descriptive study was conducted using existing medical records of all new patients who visited the International Medical University Bukit Jalil teaching clinic between August 2018 and July 2019. Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, information on location of presenting complaints, duration of complaint and referral sources were reviewed. Descriptive analyses including mean, mode, standard deviations (SDs), and frequencies were performed.
Of the 1451 patients included in this study, the mean age was (SD) 34.3 (16.1) with 51.1% female. Most of the patients were Chinese (76.0%), followed by Malay (11.6%), Indian (7.72%), and others such as Punjabi and Sabah and Sarawak native (5.0%). Comparing referral sources, the main referrals were self-referred (26.6%) followed by friends and family referrals (25.0%) and other forms of social media and advertising (10.0%). The most frequent location of complaint was the lumbar and pelvic regions, 562 (38.73%) followed by head and neck 400 (27.57%), lower limb 173 (11.92%), upper limb 154 (10.61%), thoracic 133 (9.17%), and full spine 29 (2%).
This study provides important information that allows better understanding of patients presenting to a chiropractic teaching clinic in Malaysia. Such findings may contribute to the benchmark data for future strategic planning to ensure sufficient exposure on case mix among chiropractic interns in Malaysia.
本研究的目的是描述到马来西亚一家整脊教学诊所就诊的患者的人口统计学和临床特征。
采用回顾性描述性研究，使用2018年8月至2019年7月期间到马来西亚国际医药大学布城教学诊所就诊的所有新患者的现有病历。回顾了社会人口学和生活方式因素、主诉部位信息、主诉持续时间和转诊来源。进行了包括均值、众数、标准差和频率的描述性分析。
本研究纳入的1451例患者中，平均年龄为（标准差）34.3（16.1）岁，女性占51.1%。大多数患者是华人（76.0%），其次是马来人（11.6%）、印度人（7.72%）以及其他如旁遮普人、沙巴和砂拉越本地人（5.0%）。比较转诊来源，主要转诊方式是自我转诊（26.6%），其次是朋友和家人转诊（25.0%）以及其他形式的社交媒体和广告转诊（10.0%）。最常出现主诉的部位是腰和骨盆区域，有562例（38.73%），其次是头颈部400例（27.57%）、下肢173例（11.92%）、上肢154例（10.61%）、胸部133例（9.17%）和全脊柱29例（2%）。
本研究提供了重要信息，有助于更好地了解到马来西亚一家整脊教学诊所就诊的患者。这些发现可能有助于为未来的战略规划提供基准数据，以确保马来西亚整脊实习生对病例组合有足够的了解。
