Analysis on the Correlation between the Survival Quality and the TCM Constitutions of Aged People with Chronic Diseases in Dongcheng Communities in Beijing
XIN Hai1, JIN Mei1, SHEN Qiang2, et al. Analysis on the Correlation between the Survival Quality and the TCM Constitutions of Aged People with Chronic Diseases in Dongcheng Communities in Beijing[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(2): 127-129.
XIN Hai1, JIN Mei1, SHEN Qiang2, et al. Analysis on the Correlation between the Survival Quality and the TCM Constitutions of Aged People with Chronic Diseases in Dongcheng Communities in Beijing[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(2): 127-129.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2011.02.010.
Objective To study the correlation between the survival quality of and the TCM constitutions aged people in Beijing with chronic Diseases.Methods By using the TCM nine-constitution scale and SF-36 survival quality scale
the survival quality and TCM constitutions of 880 cases in the 8 communities of Dongcheng district with 5 types chronic diseases including hypertension
diabetes
coronary heart disease
stroke
and malignant tumor were surveyed. The method of binary multivariate Logistic regression analysis was applied.For the TCM constitution
binary variable was taken as dependent variable.The score of the eight dimensions of SF-36 scale was regarded as independent variables.In the statistical result
the forward-stepwise method was adopted to establish the Logistic regression equation.Results Except the special constitution
all of the other eight ones established the regression equations which were significant in statistics.Qi deficiency constitution had significant negative correlation with the physiological function and overall health state;yang deficiency constitution had significant negative correlation with the overall health state;yin deficiency constitution had negative correlation with the physiological function and positive correlation with the mental health;phlegmdamp constitution had negative correlation with the physiological function and overall health state;damp-heat constitution had positive correlation with the physiological function;blood stasis constitution had negative correlation with the overall health state;and qi stagnation constitution had negative correlation with the physiological function and mental health.Conclusion Of the nine TCM constitutions
the even constitution
qi deficiency constitution
yang deficiency constitution
yin deficiency constitution
phlegm-damp constitution
damp-heat constitution
blood stasis constitution
and qi stagnation constitution have close correlation with all dimensions of SF-36 survival quality scale.