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Disruption of Pathological Patterns in a Young Population with Dysfunctional Breathing
Joint Authors
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-09-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Dysfunctional breathing (DB) is characterized by abnormal breathing patterns and often results from psychogenic causes in the absence of organic diseases.
Although acupuncture and herbal treatments have been suggested as alternative therapies for DB, few studies have addressed the relationship between DB and pathological patterns from a diagnostic perspective.
We asked 237 college students (130 men aged 21.4 ± 1.9 years; 107 women aged 21.4 ± 3.0 years) to complete the Korean version of the General Health Questionnaire-30 (K-GHQ-30) and four validated pathological pattern questionnaires regarding qi and yin deficiencies, phlegm, and cold-heat patterns.
The Korean version of the Nijmegen Questionnaire was used to classify participants into DB and non-DB groups.
Effects of age, gender, and DB on pathological patterns were examined using simple regression and two-way MANCOVA models.
Age had an effect on all pattern scores except heat pattern scores (β: 0.154–0.098).
DB group showed a moderate main effect (η2 = 0.167) on pathological patterns, while gender showed a minimal main effect (η2 = 0.096); qi and yin deficiencies, phlegm, and cold-heat pattern scores in DB and female groups were higher than those in non-DB and male groups.
The K-GHQ-30 scores showed significant positive correlations with the pathological pattern scores (r: 0.243–0.533), indicating that disruption of pathological patterns could be associated with patients’ psychological disturbance.
In conclusion, these questionnaires may help to identify pathological patterns related to DB and determine individually tailored alternative therapies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ok, Ji-Myung& Park, Young-Jae. 2020. Disruption of Pathological Patterns in a Young Population with Dysfunctional Breathing. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158638
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ok, Ji-Myung& Park, Young-Jae. Disruption of Pathological Patterns in a Young Population with Dysfunctional Breathing. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158638
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ok, Ji-Myung& Park, Young-Jae. Disruption of Pathological Patterns in a Young Population with Dysfunctional Breathing. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158638
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1158638