Development and Validation of the Quality-of-Life Assessment System for Lung Cancer Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 4

QoL of different TCM syndromes after three-month treatment.

Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome	n	Unity of the body and spirit	Correspondence between man and universe	Specific module	General module	Total score
Syndrome of phlegm dampness due to spleen deficiency	85	69.80±10.41	60.90±11.70	69.22±15.53	66.92±5.86	67.52±7.68
Yin deficiency syndrome toxic heat	19	69.64±10.32	59.58±10.63	67.11±12.74	66.39±7.68	66.58±8.35
Syndrome of deficiency of both qi and yin	79	68.51±10.73	62.83±9.39	68.26±15.46	66.67±7.16	67.08±8.69
Type of qi-stagnancy and blood stasis	34	75.33±10.31	57.09±10.11	76.96±14.58	69.43±5.73	71.39±7.58
Deficiency of lung-spleen qi	9	58.83±0.38	68.75±4.82	53.13±2.95	62.04±1.30	59.71±0.19
Others	14	70.81±10.55	58.93±14.14	72.02±15.17	66.96±9.03	68.28±9.44
		F = 3.95; P = 0.002	F = 2.33; P = 0.043	F = 3.83; P = 0.002	F = 1.88; P = 0.099	F = 3.12; P = 0.010

*Mean ± SD.