Objective:The purpose of this study is to understand preferences of patients who had visited the Dept. of Ophthalmology Otolaryngology & Dermatology
Method:We conducted questionnaire survey on the patients who had visited the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology Hospital of Dong Shin University from March to September, 2007.
Result: The result were as follows.
1. Distribution of sex: male 41 % female 59%
2.The age distribution of patients showed highest in 30-39 years(23%), followed by 20-29 years, 40-49 years in order.
3.The classification of patients according to disease: Skin disease (38%), Nose (23%), Face (10%), Eye (9%), Throat (8%), Ear (7%)
4.Other offices patients visited before coming to this clinic: Local clinic (41%). Hospital (18%), Oriental clinic or hospital (5%), None (22%)
5.The length of time the patient has had the disease: 2years (26%), more than 3years (15%), 2-4weeks (13%), 6months (11%), 1year (10%) in order
6. The expected length of treatment: 1week (21%), 2week (12%), 1month (21%)
7. 26% expected about 100,000 won as medical expenses.
8.88% of the patients are willing to have a check-up when it needed and 40% expected about 50,000 won as check-up expenses.
9. 52% of the patients are not willing to withstand pain, and would rather heal slowly.
10.69% of the patients said that treatment would be affected by company(44%), school(19%) and business(16%).
11.73% of the respondants are positive about night-time treatment and 92% is positeve about making an appointment for the treatment.
Conclusion:Through the research, we could understand preferences of patients who had visited Dept. of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology