|
KMID : 0618720090150020101
|
|
Journal of The Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine Informatics
2009 Volume.15 No. 2 p.101 ~ p.113
|
|
|
A Questionnaire Analysis about the Female Patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disturbance and Effect of Oriental Medical Treatment
|
|
Lee Soo-Jung
Kim Hyo-Jin
Han Hyun-Young
Lee Su-Young
Kim Jong-Hwan
Kim Won-Ill
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: Nowadays, the number of patients having the Functional Gastrointestinal Disturbance has been on the rise and this tendency is clear in the female group. This study is aimed to investigate their cause of disease, dietary lifestyle, digestion functions, general symptoms and any disadvantages in daily lives etc. Also, it would suggest any effective results from oriental medical treatments.
Methods: The total number of 20 female patients, who have been participated in this study, have been treated at Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-eui Hospital. We have performed the survey with 50 questionnaires.
Results: Most patients were having dyspepsia and had been treated more than once before the survey. The major cause of their disease includes irregular eating habits(p<0.05) and stressful mental conditions. The patients had suffered much disadvantages in daily lives and different symptoms. Specially, pain in the below of stomach pit and early satiation were common.(p<0.05) However, the Discomfort index of patients has been decreased from 9.22 point to 2.85 point after oriental medical treatment. It means this treatment has meaningful effectiveness to the Functional Gastrointestinal Disturbance patients.
Conclusion: We have investigated the features of female patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disturbance and conclude that the Oriental Medical Treatment is effective to them.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Functional Gastrointestinal Disturbance, Functional Dyspepsia, Banhasasimtang, Chungwidan
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|