Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution Study and the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Disease in Taiwan Population

• Conditions: Kidney Disease; Autoimmune Rheumatologic Disease; Endocrine, Metabolic or Nutritional Diseases or Conditions
• Interventions: Other: Other

• Registration Number: NCT02678546
• Lead Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital

Brief Summary

Several questionnaires have been developed for clinical research in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The objective of this study is to evaluate the consistency and relevance of two questionnaires, the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ) and the Body Constitutions Questionnaire (BCQ).

Detailed Description

Aim: Several questionnaires have been developed for clinical research in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The objective of this study is to evaluate the consistency and relevance of two questionnaires, the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ) and the Body Constitutions Questionnaire (BCQ).

Method: Between December 2015 and December 2016, a sample of 150 participants aged above 20 years from the Chinese Medical University "elder college" curriculum and outpatients at the Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan, will be interviewed to complete both questionnaires based on subjective symptoms in a 3-d interval. There are three common patterns of body constitutions in CCMQ and BCQ: gentleness/plain, Ying-deficiency, and Yang-deficiency. As for other body constitutions, Qi-deficiency, phlegm-dampness, dampness-heat, blood-stasis, Qi-depression, and special diathesis are described only in CCMQ, while stasis is a feature only defined in BCQ. Average and standard deviation will be used to describe the measurement scores of the questionnaires and the percentages of constitution distribution. Statistical analysis of the Kappa value, Pearson Chi-Square, odds ratio, and Pearson's correlation coefficient would be employed to examine the consistency and association between the two questionnaires.

Expected result: The investigators hope to 1) describe the constitution profile of the study population; 2) assess the consistency between two questionnaires; and 3) examine the associations between CCMQ and demographic life style factors.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-08
• Study First Posted: 2016-02-09
• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-02
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• people above 20 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• people who cannot understand the description of questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
patients in outpatients departments	Other	patients from outpatients departments in teaching hospital

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the measure patterns of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ)	1 month
the measure patterns of the Body Constitutions Questionnaire (BCQ)	1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the association between measure patterns of CCMQ and demographic life style factors	1 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

China Medical University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan