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Study on the Relationship Between Physical Constitution and Diseases

Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT00172926
Collaborator
(none)
1,000
Enrollment
1
Location
23
Duration (Months)
43.5
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Physical constitution is an important factor for the development and outcome of diseases according to the theory in traditional Chinese medicine.

The purpose of the study is to find the correlation between physical constitution and clinical characteristics (age, sex, symptoms, physical signs, life style, laboratory results and image findings) through the questionnaire and results of health examination.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    It is difficult to predict the process or outcome of disease for individuals who expose to the same pathogen or condition. But according to the Traditional Chinese Medicine, physical constitution is an important factor for disease pattern, severity and response to the treatment. So it is paid more and more attention in Western Medicine to study the variation of individualized susceptibility to diseases.

    There have been some researches to investigate the relationship between physical constitution and disease pattern. Before further studies, we need to obtain more information about physical constitution and clinical characteristics. Therefore we design a comprehensive questionnaire to survey the types of physical constitution. And we plan to collect the data from health reports of candidates after their medical tests at Health Examination Center in National Taiwan University Hospital Yu-Lin Branch. We focus on the relationship between clinical characteristics (age, sex, symptoms, physical signs, laboratory results and image findings) of Western Medicine and the physical constitutional types of Chinese Medicine. Then we will try to find the correlation and significance between them.

    The study will conclude the constitutional characteristics in general population of Taiwan and the distribution tendency of physical constitution for the common diseases. The result can serve as a stepping stone for integration of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Observational Model:
    Defined Population
    Time Perspective:
    Other
    Official Title:
    Cross Sectional Study on Relationship Between Physical Constitution and Diseases in the Integrative Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
    Study Start Date :
    May 1, 2005
    Study Completion Date :
    Apr 1, 2007

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

      Eligibility Criteria

      Criteria

      Ages Eligible for Study:
      18 Years and Older
      Sexes Eligible for Study:
      All
      Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
      No
      Inclusion Criteria:
      • candidates with healthy report on health exam
      Exclusion Criteria:

      • acute infection

      • chronic disease with acute exacerbation

      • unstable disease status or medication

      Contacts and Locations

      Locations

      Site City State Country Postal Code
      1 National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch Yun-Lin Taiwan 640

      Sponsors and Collaborators

      • National Taiwan University Hospital

      Investigators

      • Study Director: Yi-Chang Su, PhD, China Medical University, China

      Study Documents (Full-Text)

      None provided.

      More Information

      Publications

      None provided.
      Responsible Party:
      , ,
      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
      NCT00172926
      Other Study ID Numbers:
      • 9461700326
      First Posted:
      Sep 15, 2005
      Last Update Posted:
      Dec 21, 2005
      Last Verified:
      Jun 1, 2005
      Keywords provided by , ,
      Physical Constitution
      Disease Pattern
      Laboratory Data
      Integrative Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
      Additional relevant MeSH terms:
      Chronic Disease

      Study Results

      No Results Posted as of Dec 21, 2005