Development and Validation of the Digestive Function Assessment Instrument for Traditional Korean Medicine: Sasang Digestive Function Inventory

Table 5

Demographic features and SDFI, NDIK, FDQOL, DEBQ, and BMI scores of each Sasang type group.

	Tae-Eum	So-Yang	So-Eum	Statistical analysis
Sex* (male/female)	45 (29/16)	46 (17/29)	87 (36/51)	𝜒^2=8.423, df = 2, 𝑃=0.015
Age	29.49±4.83	29.67±5.13	28.63±4.96
BMI***	24.71±3.07	21.94±2.26	20.75±2.51	𝐹=33.928, df = 2,171, 𝑃<0.001; TE > SY***, TE > SE***
SDFI***	50.62±8.05	46.78±9.81	43.11±11.26	𝐹=8.286, df = 2,175, 𝑃<0.001; TE > SE***
SDFI-D**	25.22±5.55	23.00±8.09	20.98±7.67	𝐹=5.102, df = 2,175, 𝑃=0.007; TE > SE**
SDFI-A	15.51±3.09	15.13±3.79	14.48±4.30
SDFI-E**	9.89±3.38	8.65±3.65	7.66±3.96	𝐹=5.352, df = 2,175, 𝑃=0.006; TE > SE**
NDIK	16.13±13.52	23.87±21.24	23.44±21.94
FDQOL*	12.31±9.49	16.93±14.85	18.31±13.42	𝐹=3.225, df = 2,175, 𝑃=0.042; TE < SE*
FDQOL-E	1.24±2.22	2.26±3.61	2.18±3.12
FDQOL-L	6.18±4.10	7.26±4.80	7.54±4.12
FDQOL-Psy	2.47±2.83	4.13±4.90	4.48±5.06
FDQOL-R	2.42±3.19	3.28±4.28	4.10±4.54
DEBQ	84.00±16.17	83.09±16.93	82.83±19.47
DEBQ-R*	27.62±6.35	25.46±8.03	24.07±8.21	𝐹=3.135, df = 2,175, 𝑃=0.046; TE > SE*
DEBQ-EM	26.47±9.70	27.00±9.96	28.25±11.21
DEBQ-EX	29.91±5.32	30.63±6.64	30.51±5.77

 ^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001.
SDFI: Sasang Digestive Function Inventory; SDFI-D: SDFI-Digestion; SDFI-A: SDFI-Appetite; SDFI-E: SDFI-Eating pattern; NDIK: total symptom score of Nepean Dyspepsia Index-Korean; FDQOL: Functional Dyspepsia-Related Quality of Life; FDQOL-E: FDQOL-Eating status; FDQOL-L: FDQOL-Liveliness; FDQOL-Psy: FDQOL-Psychological status; FDQOL-R: FDQOL-Role-Functioning status; DEBQ: Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; DEBQ-R: DEBQ-Restrained Eating scale; DEBQ-EM: DEBQ-Emotional Eating scale; DEBQ-EX: DEBQ-External Eating scale; BMI: Body Mass Index.