A Study on Questionnaire for Self-Diagnosis Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eun Soo Choi1, Seo Won Song2, Yeun Su Kim3, Ji Hyung Yoo4, Chunhwa Ihm5, Mi Kyoung Lim6, Dong Hyuk Sheen7, Min Soo Kang8
1Eun Soo Choi, Department of Medical IT Marketing, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea.
2Seo Won Song, Department of Medical IT Marketing, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea.
3Min Soo Kang, Department of Medical IT Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea.
4Yeun Su Kim, Eulji University Hospital Integrated Computing Center, Daejeon, Korea.
5Ji Hyung Yoo, Internal Medicine, Cheongyanggun Health Medical Center, Cheongyanggun, Choongcheongnamdo, Korea.
6Chunhwa Ihm, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
7Mi Kyoung Lim, Department of Rheumatic Internal Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
8Dong Hyuk Sheen, Department of Rheumatic Internal Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Manuscript received on 09 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 19 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 23 May 2019 | PP: 1304-1310 | Volume-7 Issue-6S5 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F12260476S519/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: In recent years, population aging issues are emerging all over the world. The Korea society is expected to be a super-aged society. As the elderly society progresses, the theme of management of elderly patients is the quality of life. In the aged society, rheumatic diseases are more common than any other diseases, and rheumatic symptoms are the pain of the musculoskeletal system, which lowers the quality of life. So, if it is possible to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis in an easy way, prevention and deterioration of arthritis can be prevented, which can improve the quality of life of elderly patients as well as patients with all rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, in this paper, we extracted 44 items related to rheumatoid arthritis physical symptoms from EMR DB and selected 10 questions through consultation by medical doctor. All of the questions are specified the weight according to importance to diagnose the rheumatoid arthritis, the questionnaire calculate the probability of being rheumatoid arthritis patient, through this weight. Proposed questionnaire will make possible self-diagnosis, early diagnosis, prevent undertreat, and the data collection from this questionnaire are very worthy found in the future research as well as medical research.
Keywords: Diagnosis, Musculoskeletal Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Self-Diagnosis.
Scope of the Article: Design and Diagnosis