Study on the Constitutional Distributions of Disease Types and Symptoms by Shisho Constitution in Outpatients at the Center for Kampo Medicine, Keio University
10.3937/kampomed.65.251
- VernacularTitle:慶應義塾大学医学部漢方医学センター外来受診患者を対象とした四象体質による体質分布， 疾病及び症状類型に関する研究
- Author:
Jong-Won KIM
;
Kenji WATANABE
;
Sung-Jun KIM
;
Soo-Hyung JEON
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
outpatients;
shisho constitution;
distribution;
shoinjin
- From:Kampo Medicine
2014;65(4):251-267
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Objectives : The purpose of this study is to know the shisho constitutional distribution of outpatients at the Center for Kampo Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine (the Keio Kampo Center, herein) and to find out if there are differences in the type of diseases and symptoms according to shisho constitution.
Methods : We collected data from 366 outpatients at the Keio Kampo Center. All did a SSCQ-P (shisho Constitution Questionnaire for Patients) to obtain a shisho constitution diagnosis. We then classified their shisho constitutions and surveyed disease and symptom prevalence according to same.
Results : 1 : Among the 366 outpatients, distribution rates for Taiyojin, Syoyojin, Taiinjin, and Syoinjin were 0.8%, 27.3%, 28.7%, and 43.2% respectively. 2 : And the prevalence of V. Mental and behavioral disorders, XI. Diseases of the digestive system, XV. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, and Feeling of coldness (under XVIII. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC) items for Shoinjin were significantly higher than those for the other constitutions. (p < 0.05)
Conclusions : The distribution rate for shisho in 366 outpatients at the Keio Kampo Center was different from that in Korea, with the rate for shoinjin in these outpatients at the Center especially, being significantly higher than that for Koreans. There were also significant differences in the prevalence of some diseases and symptoms in shoinjin group.
