The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)
- Volume 29 Issue 1
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- Pages.219-230
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- 2008
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- 1226-9174(pISSN)
Speculation of the Correlationship between Public Health Practice, Consumption and Fatigue in Patients who Complain Fatigue
피로를 주소로 내원한 환자의 생활섭생, 허손 및 피로의 상관성에 대한 고찰
- Kim, Se-Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lee, Jang-Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lee, Seung-Bo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Choi, Mi-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Kim, Young-Chul (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Woo, Hong-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
- 김세훈 (경희대학교 한의과대학 간계내과학교실) ;
- 이장훈 (경희대학교 한의과대학 간계내과학교실) ;
- 이승보 (경희대학교 한의과대학 간계내과학교실) ;
- 최미영 (경희대학교 한의과대학 간계내과학교실) ;
- 김영철 (경희대학교 한의과대학 간계내과학교실) ;
- 우홍정 (경희대학교 한의과대학 간계내과학교실)
- Published : 2008.03.31
Abstract
Objectives : Consumption is a chronic wasting disease, in oriental medicine concept. Fatigue is a common symptom experienced by many people who have consumption. However, there has been little study about the relationship between consumption and fatigue in the Oriental medicine. For this reason, we attempted to investigate the present status of fatigue of outpatients, and its relation with consumption index, public health practice index, Chalder fatigue scale and Subjective Symptoms of Fatigue Test. Methods : The subjects were 149 outpatients who complain fatigue between Nov. 1, 2006 and Oct. 31, 2007. We measured degree of consumption by consumption index. We measured degree of fatigue by Chalder fatigue scale and Subjective Symptoms of Fatigue Test. Public health practice were investigated by "Breslow's 7 health practice". Results : Studies have shown that a group who disregard public health practices have higher numerical value, in part of