Key result
Compared with the gentleness type, the 8 types of pathological constitution were associated with significantly lower MOS SF-36 scores across different age and gender groups (P<0.05).
Why the study?
Do different traditional Chinese medicine constitutional types correlate with different health statuses in the general population?
Population
8,448 cases randomly sampled from a database of 21,948 cases of a cross-sectional survey in 9 provinces or…
Comparison
8 types of pathological constitution in… vs Gentleness type constitution
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Pathological TCM constitutions were associated with lower HRQoL; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cross-Sectional (n=8,448)
Yes
Do different traditional Chinese medicine constitutional types correlate with different health statuses in the general population?
p-value: p=<0.05
Pathological traditional Chinese medicine constitutional types are associated with significantly lower health-related quality of life compared to the gentleness type across different age and gender groups.
Yanbo Zhu (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in General population health status (n=8,448). Pathological constitution types (traditional Chinese medicine) vs. Gentleness type was evaluated on MOS SF-36 scores (p=<0.05). Compared with the gentleness type, the 8 types of pathological constitution were associated with significantly lower MOS SF-36 scores across different age and gender groups (P<0.05).
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