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KMID : 0878220210330020001
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
2021 Volume.33 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.13
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Study on the Sasang Type Diagnosis Using Objective Biopsychological Measures
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Chae Han
Hwang Yo-Sun
Kim Min-Seong
Baek Young-Hwa
Jeong Kyoung-Sik
Lee Jeong-Yun
Lee Si-Woo
Lee Soo-Jin
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Abstract
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Introduction: The previous study showed that the psychological Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) and physical Body Mass Index (BMI) were clinically useful for predicting Sasang types diagnosed with certified clinical specialist and QSCCII. The purpose of current study was to examine its clinical usefulness using large sized clinical sample.
Methods: The age, sex, height, weight, circumference of waist and hip, Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), and Sasang type of 2,049 participants listed on the Korean Medicine Data Center were acquired. The anthropometrics of BMI, Ponderal Index (PI), Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR), and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) were calculated. The discriminant analysis using SPQ subscales, BMI, age and sex were performed to predict Sasang types. And, the ANCOVA with age and sex as covariate was also used to examine differences among diagnosed and predicted Sasang type groups in biopsychological features.
Results: The discriminant analysis showed 82.0% of percentage correctly predicted. And, the biopsychological characteristics of predicted Sasang type groups were significantly similar to those of diagnosed Sasang type groups. In both predicted and diagnosed Sasang type groups, the anthropometric measures were in increasing order of So-Eum, So-Yang, and Tae-Eum types, and the psychological measures were in increasing order of So-Eum, Tae-Eum, and So-Yang types as shown in previous studies.
Discussion and Conclusion: The well validated biopsychological variables of SPQ and BMI showed theoretical and clinical usefulness, and were found to be useful for diagnosing Sasang types in clinical setting. The current study might be useful for the East-West integrative medicine and evidence-based teaching.
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KEYWORD
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Discriminant analysis, Sasang typology, Korean Medicine Data Center (KMDC), Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), Body Mass Index (BMI)
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