Paper Info
Title
The Traditional Chinese Medicine syndromes of psoriasis in Chinese patients: Contribution of demographic and clinical variables
Abstract
This article was to examine the specific contribution of demographic, medical and psychological variables to the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Syndromes of psoriasis. A cross-sectional survey of psoriasis patients was conducted at 7 hospitals of TCM of different regions. In all, 671 psoriasis patients underwent a clinical assessment including differentiation of TCM syndromes and psoriasis severity (assessed by Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, PASI). Patients also completed questions on demographic data and a quality of life scale (Dermatology Life Quality Index, DLQI). The three main TCM syndromes were included: 354 patients with Wind-heat (52.8%), 161 with Blood-stasis (24.0%), and 156 with Blood-dryness (23.2%). They distributed differently in subgroups of patients with different gender, age, chronic disease, duration of psoriasis, PASI, and DLQI score. The TCM syndromes were close related to demographic and clinical conditions of patients. TCM clinical treatment should consider both characteristics of syndrome and demographic variables of psoriasis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/BIBMW.2011.6112468
BIBM Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
clinical variable,clinical assessment,demographic variable,traditional chinese medicine syndrome,clinical condition,demographic data,psoriasis severity,main tcm syndrome,dlqi score,chinese patient,psoriasis patient,tcm syndrome,tcm clinical treatment,skin,traditional chinese medicine,quality of life,cross section,surveying,demography
Quality of life,Clinical treatment,Internal medicine,Psoriasis Area and Severity Index,Computer science,Dermatology Life Quality Index,Traditional Chinese medicine,Bioinformatics,Chronic disease,Psoriasis,Patient treatment
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2163-6966
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zehui He101.01
Chuanjian Lu211.42
Ai-hua Ou313.86