中醫藥研究論叢

242.1 台灣衰弱症中醫證型分析
TJ TCM.24(2) : 1-14, 2021 1
台灣衰弱症中醫證型分析
Analysis of Differences between Patients
with Frailty and Tranditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes
劉東桓1 吳佩青2,3*
1 中國醫藥大學附設醫院復健部,台中,台灣
2 佛教慈濟醫療財團法人台北慈濟醫院中醫部,台北,台灣
3 中國醫藥大學附設醫院復健部,台中,台灣
【摘要】
前言:目前國內較少針對高齡衰弱族群的中醫研究。因此本團隊觀察社區衰弱高齡族群的過去病史、運動習慣、日常生活功能、生活品質與心理健康在中醫證型的表現。希望提供中醫同道在治療社區衰弱老年人時酌做參考。
方法:本研究共招募84 位65 歲以上新北市社區衰弱老人,搜集參與者的過去病史、運動習慣、日常生活功能、生活品質、簡易老年憂鬱量表、身體組成分析以及老人中醫體質量表相關資料做進一步證型分析。
結果:研究發現男性衰弱症患者若合併有高血壓或體重過重,可能明顯會有痰濕質中醫體質;女性衰弱症患者若合併有體重過重,可能明顯會有痰濕質或特稟質中醫體質;女性衰弱症患者若合併有每週運動小於150 分鐘,可能明顯會有氣虛質,痰濕質或濕熱質中醫體質,其中濕熱質最明顯占100%。
結論:雖然本研究收案數較少,且皆為新北市民眾,為本研究的侷限性,鑒於中醫古籍已對老年的生理、病理特點有詳細論述,配合本研究的初步結論,可為中醫在衰弱症未來的研究提供思路,也有助於中醫師於臨床預防及治療老年衰弱。
【關鍵詞】衰弱症、中醫證型
 
Dung-Huan Liu1Pei-Ching Wu2,3*
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University Hospital,
Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
2Department of Chinese Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical
Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
3Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
【Summary】
A total of 84 patients with frailty (average age: 77.1±9.08 years), 66 females (average age: 76.2±7.80 years) and 18 males (average age: 80.6±12.4 years), were collected in this study. After filling the questionnaires of the Tranditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) syndrome types scale, we used the statistical methods to know the correlation between frailty and TCM syndrome types. In this study, we know that the first four TCM syndrome types commonly seen in women with frailty are: Yin deficiency (66.7%), Yang deficiency (56.1%), Blood stasis (54.6%), Qi depression (48.5%). The first four TCM syndrome types commonly seen in patients with male frailty are: Phlegm-dampness (44.4%), Yin deficiency (33.3%), Yang deficiency (33.3%), and Blood stasis (33.3%). After the Chi-square test or Fisher-exact test (p<0.05) statistical analysis, we found that if male frailty patients have high blood pressure or are overweight, they may obviously have phlegm-dampness” TCM syndrome type; we found that if female frailty patients are overweight, they may obviously have “phlegm-dampness” TCM syndrome type; if female frailty patients have exercise of less than 150 minutes a week, they may obviously have “Qi deficiency”, ” Phlegm-dampness” or “Damp-heat” TCM syndrome types. Among them, the “Damp-heat” TCM syndrome type aced for 100% most obviously. With this being a pioneer study, we were unable to obtain a large sample size, and we hope that future studies can obtain a larger sample size.
 
【Keywords】Frailty; Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Pattern