A clinical study on validity of the Qi blood Yin Yang deficiency Questionnaire for chronic fatigue
- Conditions
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC
- Registration Number
- KCT0001521
- Lead Sponsor
- Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 311
(1) Males and females aged 20 to 69
(2) The presence of unexplained chronic fatigue that is continuous for more than 6 months
(3) Not chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic chronic fatigue
(4) Subjects with agreements in the Korean medical doctors’ diagnoses
(5) Those who consent to participate in this trial and sign an informed consent statement after listening to a clear explanation of the purpose and characteristics of this clinical trial
(1) Over 14 score of Perceived Stress Scale-10item (PSS-10item)
(2) Subjects with disagreements in the Korean medical doctors’ diagnoses
(3) The presence of the following conditions in the subject’s past history that might trigger chronic fatigue:
(a) organic causes, such as acute or chronic liver disease (for example, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis), anemia, tuberculosis, chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease (for example, heart failure, hypertension), endocrine/metabolic disease (for example, diabetes, thyroid gland disease, severe obesity), autoimmune disease (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis), malignant tumors, or infectious disease
(b) psycho-social causes, such as depression, anxiety neurosis, recent severe stress, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa)
(4) Subjects who have taken the following drugs within the past 2 weeks: antihypertensive drugs, antidepressants, anti-anxiety agents, hypnotics, or antihistamines
(5) Pregnant or breast-feeding women
(6) Subjects who are participating in other clinical trials
(7) Subjects who are overworked
(8) Subjects who have experienced a hypersensitive reaction after clinical laboratory test
(9) Subjects who do not provide informed consent
(10) others whose clinical trial conductors are considered inappropriate for participating in this trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Qi Blood Yin Yang deficiency questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total score of Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) ;Total score of Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS);Basic information;Clinical pathology examination results