Influence of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome groups on quality of life in women with metabolic syndrome

10.1016/j.jtcme.2015.10.003

Li-Wen Huang；I-Ju Chen；Chung-Hua Hsu

Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome ； groups ； Metabolic syndrome ； Quality of life ； Obese women ； Kidney Deficiency syndrome

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

6卷4期（2016 / 10 / 01）

404 - 408

英文

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; 中醫zhōng yī) syndrome groups are based on the symptoms of human diseases and guide the use of Chinese herbs. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of TCM syndrome groups on biochemical characteristics and quality of life (QOL) in women with metabolic syndrome (MS). Among the 1080 registered female patients screened at our outpatient clinic, a total of 322 women aged between 18 and 65 years and meeting the requirements of MS were enrolled. All the patients were asked to fill out a questionnaire on metabolic TCM syndrome groups and a questionnaire on the QOL, the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Short Form-12 (SF-12). Data of biochemical characteristics were collected at the same time. The present study showed MS women in TCM syndrome groups had significantly lower physical and mental component scores in SF-12 compared with those not in TCM syndrome groups. We also found MS patients in TCM syndrome groups, except Kidney Deficiency syndrome, showed higher body mass indexes, waist circumference, and hip circumference. However, there was almost no difference in most biochemical characteristics between TCM syndrome groups. The MS patients diagnosed as belonging to TCM syndrome groups had poor QOL.

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