Thao Thu Le, Huy Khanh Tang, Linh Thi Hoang Le, Tu Huynh Anh Nguyen, Luu Bao Le
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Abstract
Objectives
Evaluating the physical health, mental health, and Quality of life (QoL) in relationship to body constitution (BC) types in students of the Faculty of Traditional Medicine (FTM) in the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (UMP).
Methods
A cross-sectional descriptive study on 717 students of FTM through face-to-face interviews used three questionnaires to investigate the following sections: general demographic information questionnaire; physical health (PCS), mental health (MCS), and QoL (Vietnamese version of SF-36 questionnaire); BC types (Vietnamese version of the CCMQ questionnaire). We used multiple linear regression analyses to assess the associations between BC types and each of the QoL domains’ scores. The dependent variables are the scores of eight QoL domains and integration scores in PCS and MCS.
Results
Most students had Unbalanced BC types (87.03 %). Qi-depression, Qi-deficiency, and Blood-stasis had the three highest percentages (48.1 %, 33.2 %, 26.9 %). There were relationships between BC types and students’ physical health, mental health, and QoL. The SF-36 resulted in “high” scores in most of the Neutral-type students, while the majority of students with Unbalanced BC types had “poor” scores in both physical health, mental health, and QoL (p < 0.01). The estimated impact of 8 Unbalanced types on SF-36 scales was significantly negative. The impact was most remarkable for Qi-stagnation, followed by Blood-stasis.
Conclusion
87.03 % of students had Unbalanced BC types, which in turn can increase the likelihood of disease. Research results also initially showed that adjusting these types to the Neutral type can help improve FTM students’ health.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.