Relationships between Pathological Patterns and Quality of Life : Pathway Analysis
Joint Authors
Oh, Hwan-Sup
Park, Young-Jae
Park, Young-Bae
Lee, Sang-Chul
Cho, Shin-Woong
Ryu, Jaemin
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
The purpose of our study was to examine the relationships between pathological patterns and self-rated quality of life (QoL).
Methods.
A total of 426 Korean subjects participated in this study (male : female = 154 : 272).
The subjects were asked to complete Yin Deficiency (YD), Qi Deficiency (QD), Food Stagnation (FS), Blood Stasis (BS), Phlegm, and Seven Emotions Impairment (SEI) pattern Questionnaires and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).
We formed a pathway model consisting of pathological patterns and QoL questionnaire scores and examined which pathological patterns resulted in decreased QoL using path analysis.
Results.
Our pathway model had satisfactory fitness levels (GFI = 0.975, NFI = 0.984, and CFI = 0.984) and showed that Phlegm and SEI patterns directly resulted in decreased QoL, whereas QD, YD, FD, and BS indirectly resulted in decreased QoL.
The pathway model suggested that the severity or stage of decreased QoL may be estimated by pathological patterns: QD and YD patterns are associated with the early stage; FS and BS patterns are associated with the middle stage; Phlegm and SEI are associated with the later stage of decreased QoL.
Conclusion.
Our results suggest that pathological patterns directly or indirectly affect decreases in QoL.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cho, Shin-Woong& Park, Young-Jae& Lee, Sang-Chul& Ryu, Jaemin& Park, Young-Bae& Oh, Hwan-Sup. 2013. Relationships between Pathological Patterns and Quality of Life : Pathway Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472770
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cho, Shin-Woong…[et al.]. Relationships between Pathological Patterns and Quality of Life : Pathway Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cho, Shin-Woong& Park, Young-Jae& Lee, Sang-Chul& Ryu, Jaemin& Park, Young-Bae& Oh, Hwan-Sup. Relationships between Pathological Patterns and Quality of Life : Pathway Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472770
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-472770