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KMID : 0363320010220030361
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2001 Volume.22 No. 3 p.361 ~ p.366
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Oriental Medical Treatment Can Improve Quality of Life in Patients with Functuonal Dyspepsia
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Jeon Woo-Hyeon
Park Jae-Woo
Kim Jin-Seok
Hong Jong-Hee
Hong Sang-Sun
Park Seok-Kyu
Kim Jin-Sung
Yoon Sang-Hyub
Ryu Bong-Ha
Ryu Ki-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives: Patients with functional dyspepsia frequently complain the discomfort of daily life, so their quality of life shows a tendency to decrease. This study was aimed to investigate the usefulness of oriental medical treatment for quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia
Methods: Quality of life in 15 patients was assesed by two times questionnaire based on Korean health related Quality of Life(KQOLS)
Results: The mean of KQOLS score was 122.87 before oriental medical treatment, and after treatment, the mean of score was significantly reduced to 101.60(p=0.003). The score of each domains in KQOLS was also reduced significantly in psychological health, role limitation, pain, vitality respectively(p<0.05).
Conclusions: We suggest that oriental medical treatment can improve quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia
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KEYWORD
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functional dyspepsia, quality of life, questionnaire(KQOLS), oriental medicine
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