PMID- 24716167
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140409
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2225-4110 (Print)
IS  - 2225-4110 (Electronic)
IS  - 2225-4110 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Apr
TI  - The correlation of lab data, hormone peptides, quality of life, and different 
      traditional chinese medicine syndrome groups in type 2 diabetes patients.
PG  - 126-33
LID - 10.4103/2225-4110.110409 [doi]
AB  - The aim of this study is to explore the correlation of laboratory data, hormone 
      peptides, and quality of life with different traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) 
      syndrome groups in type 2 diabetes patients. Of 513 registered patients, 179 
      subjects aged between 20 and 65 years and having type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) 
      for more than 1 year were enrolled in the study. All the participants were asked 
      to fill out a questionnaire on diabetic TCM syndrome groups, which was designed 
      by professional TCM doctors, and two questionnaires on the quality of life (QOL), 
      WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version and Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Short Form-12 
      (SF-12). The biochemical characteristics and hormone peptide levels were 
      collected at the same time. The patients in any one of the six TCM syndrome 
      groups had the trend to have worse QOL. Especially, patients with qi deficiency 
      had worse life quality on every aspect compared to those without qi deficiency 
      and were fatter than others. We also found that the subjects who had qi 
      deficiency, qi stagnation, and yin deficiency at the same time had worsened 
      condition. We consider that patients with qi deficiency may also be at a higher 
      risk of developing other complications. They need more advanced health care than 
      others. This self-reported questionnaire will be a reference for health care 
      workers screening those T2DM patients who have a higher possibility of developing 
      other complications. Especially in remote areas, where there is a lack of medical 
      resources, an easy-to-use tool such as the one in the present study for detecting 
      and evaluating disease conditions is needed.
FAU - Luo, Ching-Min
AU  - Luo CM
AD  - Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 
      ; Taiwan International Traditional Chinese Medicine Training Center, Taiwan. ; 
      Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance, Taiwan.
FAU - Song, You-Lung
AU  - Song YL
AD  - Branch of Linsen and Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
FAU - Huang, Lin-Huang
AU  - Huang LH
AD  - Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 
      ; Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Health, Executive 
      Yuan, Taiwan.
FAU - Liu, Chia-Yu
AU  - Liu CY
AD  - Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 
      ; Taiwan International Traditional Chinese Medicine Training Center, Taiwan. ; 
      Branch of Linsen and Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
FAU - Chen, I-Ju
AU  - Chen IJ
AD  - Taiwan International Traditional Chinese Medicine Training Center, Taiwan. ; 
      Branch of Linsen and Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
FAU - Hsu, Chung-Hua
AU  - Hsu CH
AD  - Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 
      ; Taiwan International Traditional Chinese Medicine Training Center, Taiwan. ; 
      Branch of Linsen and Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Tradit Complement Med
JT  - Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
JID - 101605474
PMC - PMC3924970
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Qi deficiency
OT  - Quality of life
OT  - Traditional Chinese medicine
OT  - Type 2 diabetes
EDAT- 2014/04/10 06:00
MHDA- 2014/04/10 06:01
PMCR- 2013/04/01
CRDT- 2014/04/10 06:00
PHST- 2014/04/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/04/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JTCM-3-126 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2225-4110.110409 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Tradit Complement Med. 2013 Apr;3(2):126-33. doi: 10.4103/2225-4110.110409.