Investigation into Constitutions of Patients with Vascular Dementia
- VernacularTitle:血管性痴呆患者体质调查
- Author:
Huan LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vascular dementia;
stroke;
constitution;
risk factor
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the constitution characteristics in patients with vascular dementia(VaD),and to analysis the constitutional risk factor in VaD.Methods:This was a case-case control study.66 VaD patients and 51 stroke patients were selected by MMSE and Similarities test in WAIS-R、Blessed Behavior Scale.The diagnosis of VaD based on the DSM-Ⅳ and the NINDS-AIREN criteria、Hachinski Ischemia Scale、Cornell Scale of Depression in Dementia and the Clinical Dementia Rating.The stroke group was of MMSE≥28.The structured questionnaire of constitution was used to investigate and Wang Qi's method was used to constitution diagnose.Results: Yin Deficiency was the most common type in the VaD group and the stroke group(31.8% vs 45.1%),and the second was Phlegm-Damp(30.3% vs 35.3%).The frequencies of Yang Deficiency(15.2% vs 2%,P
