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KMID : 1234920130130010010
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Journal of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity
2013 Volume.13 No. 1 p.10 ~ p.16
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Study of Korean Medicine’s Pathological Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life among Normal, Overweight, and Obese Groups from Multi-Center Case Report
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Lee Jae-Chul
Dong Sang-Oak
Lee Si-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives: This work aimed to investigate differentiations of Korean medicine’s pathological symptoms and SF-12 sub scales among normal, overweight and obese subjects from multi-center case report.
Methods: From 2009 to 2011 survey were carried out to 1,589 subjects who took treatment or were hospitalized in 7 Korean medicine hospitals and 3 Korean medicine clinic. Survey include Korean medicine’s pathological symptoms and SF-12. Whole survey were obtained from subjects with interviewers. Obesity degree was divided into three groups by body mass index: Normal group is from 18.5 below 23, overweight from 23 below 25 and obese group is over 25. Chi-square test was performed to reveal differentiation response rate of pathologic symptoms among obesity groups. ANOVA test was carried out for compare each group’s SF-12 sub scales.
Results: Patients of overweight or obesity have more symptoms such as skin itching, swelling, weakness in lower legs, and feverish with swollen joints. Contrary, normal weight group responded symptoms of dry skin more than those of obese group. As a fatigue, obese group have more fatigue feeling at afternoon and evening, compared to high frequency response of normal weight groups’ morning fatigue. Obese groups shows low physical scores of health related quality of life, in contrast, high mental scores of that.
Conclusions: This is first work of pathologic symptoms shown by obese groups. This would contribute to standardization of Korean medicine’s pattern identification as suggestion of classification point for obese groups.
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KEYWORD
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Diagnosis, Quality of life
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