사상체질에 따른 월경장애 여고생의 건강도와 한의학적 원인에 대한 임상연구

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find out the health condition and theetiology in oriental medicine of the high school girls menstrual disorders by Sasangconstitution. Methods: The data from the 795 participants were collected using a structuredmenstrual history questionnaire. Based on the survey responses, we had 97 adolescentswith menstrual disorder as the test group and 97 adolescents without menstrual disorderas the control group. The clinical trials subjects were asked to respond to anotherquestionnaire for identifying their constitutional types and respond to the DSOMand undergo Inbody. We identified significant variables for dysmenorrhea from comparisonbetween the test and control group. Results: The DSOM test showed that the scores of qi stagnation, static blood,cold, dampness, phlegm, heart, kidney were significantly higher in dysmenorrhea, scantmenstruation, menstruation at irregular intervals. For the Sasang constitution, there is a difference on the cause of the outbreak. Soyangin fromyin deficiency, dryness and blood deficiency is associated with menstrual disorders. Taeuminfrom cold, dampness and qi deficiency is associated with menstrual disorders. Soeuminfrom heart, qi stagnation, static blood and spleen is associated with menstrual disorders. Conclusions: For the Sasang constitution, there is a difference on the cause of theoutbreak. The result of a comparison of the test and control groups showed that there’sno relevance to the body fat mass and body fat percentage with menstrual irregularities.