Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life in Body Constitutions of Yin-Xu, and Yang-Xu, Stasis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Taichung Diabetic Body Constitution Study

Table 2

Comparisons of domains of SF-36 and DIMS between constitutions of Yin-Xu, Yang-Xu, and Stasis^#.


Variable	Yin-Xu		value	Yang-Xu		value	Stasis		value
Variable	No	Yes	value	No	Yes	value	No	Yes	value

SF36
PF	82.25 ± 18.07	69.44 ± 23.00	49.14***	80.89 ± 18.83	63.85 ± 24.01	41.99***	80.90 ± 18.92	63.61 ± 23.45	44.62***
RP	74.51 ± 34.61	52.55 ± 42.06	42.38***	71.90 ± 36.05	44.78 ± 43.06	32.72***	72.72 ± 35.77	38.89 ± 40.56	67.73***
BP	83.46 ± 19.28	68.71 ± 22.92	63.84***	81.68 ± 20.09	63.71 ± 23.41	48.30***	81.84 ± 20.38	62.39 ± 20.54	71.40***
GH	58.69 ± 20.75	43.18 ± 23.41	66.10***	56.74 ± 21.73	38.42 ± 21.99	56.10***	57.19 ± 21.39	35.12 ± 21.29	83.72***
VT	59.56 ± 11.44	52.04 ± 12.33	58.37***	58.77 ± 11.66	48.68 ± 11.88	58.98***	59.10 ± 11.42	46.28 ± 11.18	99.60***
SF	82.63 ± 18.85	72.13 ± 23.46	31.47***	81.50 ± 19.81	67.58 ± 22.97	30.14***	82.04 ± 19.06	63.75 ± 24.65	45.56***
RE	94.42 ± 17.69	81.29 ± 32.05	29.48***	92.66 ± 20.84	78.02 ± 33.41	16.48**	93.11 ± 20.00	74.81 ± 35.44	22.94***
MH	74.47 ± 10.77	68.59 ± 15.25	24.40***	73.97 ± 11.83	65.19 ± 13.86	32.95***	74.20 ± 11.51	63.56 ± 14.61	43.82***
PCS	47.55 ± 9.21	40.40 ± 11.10	64.32***	46.70 ± 9.58	37.87 ± 11.46	48.86***	46.82 ± 9.52	37.00 ± 11.14	63.20***
MCS	51.59 ± 6.28	48.97 ± 8.69	14.59**	51.32 ± 6.84	47.80 ± 8.23	15.05**	51.50 ± 6.56	46.53 ± 9.13	24.80***
DIMS
Scale 1	49.22 ± 4.84	43.06 ± 4.94	226.80***	48.34 ± 5.16	41.90 ± 5.21	122.99***	48.32 ± 5.23	41.97 ± 4.83	117.94***
Scale 2	25.78 ± 4.03	22.71 ± 4.75	63.84***	25.36 ± 4.23	21.97 ± 4.78	49.28***	25.47 ± 4.14	21.18 ± 4.72	81.36***
Scale 3	33.70 ± 4.21	31.99 ± 4.58	22.18***	33.44 ± 4.32	31.78 ± 4.54	11.49**	33.61 ± 4.24	30.61 ± 4.47	38.69***
Scale 4	13.59 ± 3.42	12.02 ± 3.89	24.70***	13.31 ± 3.58	12.07 ± 3.78	9.49*	13.45 ± 3.50	11.12 ± 3.82	33.87***

Data were presented as mean ± SD; ; ; .
PF: physical function, RP: role physical, BP: bodily pain, GH: general health, VT: vitality, SF: social functioning, RE: role emotional, MH: mental health, PCS: physical component summary, and MCS: mental component summary.
DIMS: diabetes impact measurement scale, scale 1: symptoms, scale 2: diabetes-related morale, scale 3: social role fulfillment, and scale 4: well-being.