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KMID : 0608520120180030095
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Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
2012 Volume.18 No. 3 p.95 ~ p.101
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Comparison Study between Quality of Life and Body Mass Index, Age, Gender in Sasang Constitution among Healthy Subjects in One Korean Medicine Hospital
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Lee Jae-Chul
Dong Sang-Oak
Park Soo-Jung
Joo Jong-Cheon
Lee Su-Kyung
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Abstract
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Objectives : This work aimed to reveal the relations between Health-related Quality of Life and Body mass index, age, gender in Sasang Constitution.
Methods : 1108 subjects who visited Korean medicine hospital in Jeonju for regular health examination surveyed SF-12. Their Sasang constitution were diagnosed by 1 Sasang constitution medicine specialist. ANOVA (Analysis of variance) was carried out to compare SF-12 sub scales differences among each constitutions. Regression analysis was performed to reveal effects in changes of BMI, age, and gender to SF-12 sub scales.
Results : TE type gets more BMI, has more physical limits, even those of SE and SY type are not limited by these reasons. Contrary, SE type feels more vitality when they get higher BMI. SE type women have low mental health status than that of SE type men, though they don't have any specific disease.
Conclusions : This is the first work of analysis between quality of life and Sasang Constitution's BMI, age, and gender. To reveal factors which affect quality of life in each Sasang constitutions, more rigorous works are required.
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KEYWORD
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Quality of Life , SF-12 , Sasang , constitution , BMI
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