Correlation of Kyo-kyo-kuman and Somatization Symptoms: Clinical Study using Keio's Kyo-kyo-kuman scale (K-scale) and Screener for Somatoform Disorders (SSD)
10.3937/kampomed.56.789
- VernacularTitle:胸脇苦満と身体化症状（心気症状）との相関分析―慶大式胸脇苦満評価尺度（Ｋ尺度）とＳｃｒｅｅｎｅｒ ｆｏｒ Ｓｏｍａｔｏｆｏｒｍ Ｄｉｓｏｒｄｅｒｓ（ＳＳＤ）日本語版を用いた臨床研究―
- Author:
Kazuo YAMADA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
correlation;
Kyo-kyo-kuman;
somatization symptom;
Keio's Kyo-kyo-kuman scale (K-scale);
Screener for Somatoform Disorders (SSD)
- From:Kampo Medicine
2005;56(5):789-795
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Kyo-kyo-kuman has not been analyzed with modern medicine methods. We hypothesize that Kyo-kyo-kuman reflects the severity of somatization symptoms. Thus we investigated the correlation of Kyo-kyo-kuman with somatization symptoms, using Keio's Kyo-kyo-kuman scale (K-scale) and the Screener for Somatoform Disorders (SSD). One hundred and fifty patients (38 males, 112 females, mean age 40.69±17.56 years) were evaluated for their Kyo-kyo-kuman levels, using the K-scale and the number of somatization symptoms according to the SSD. On the right, the K-scale scores correlated significantly with the number of present somatization symptoms (R=0.440, p<0.0001) and the number of somatization symptoms within one year (R=0.476, p<0.0001). On the left, the K-scale scores correlated significantly with the number of somatization symptoms lasting for more than three months (R=0.450, p<0.0001), the number of present somatization symptom (R=0.597, p<0.0001) and the number of somatization symptoms within one year (R=0.586, p<0.0001).
In conclusion, patients having Kyo-kyo-kuman tended to complain of many kinds of somatization symptoms. We suggest that Kyo-kyo-kuman correlates well with these symptoms.
