A survey on the knowledge, attitude and practice of family medicinein patients admitted in Seoul Christian Hospital.

Kim, Young Mi; Min, Dae Hong; Lee, Sang Hwa; Cho, Dong Young

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1991;12(5):46-52.
Published online May 1, 1991.

A survey on the knowledge, attitude and practice of family medicinein patients admitted in Seoul Christian Hospital.

Young Mi Kim, Dae Hong Min, Sang Hwa Lee, Dong Young Cho

가정의학에 대한 인식도 조사

김영미, 민대홍, 이상화, 조동영

서울기독병원 가정의학과 민중병원 가정의학과

Abstract

For a baseline survey on the knowledge, attitude and parctice of family medicine among patients admitted in Seoul Christian Hospital, a questionnaire survey was carried out during the period of April 1 through May 31, 1990. Among 300 patients, 224 patients responded the questionnaires. The results of this survey were as follows:
1. Total number of samples were 224. Among them male population was 134(59.8%) and female population was 90(40.2%).
2. The rate of respondents who have ever heard about family medicine was 71.9% and most of them it from the mass media.
3. The rate of respondents who thought that family medicine is necessary for the Korean medical system was 90.6%.
4. The rate of respondents who will register to family physician for their medical care was 83.5%.