Development of a Novel Questionnaire for the Traditional Chinese Medicine Pattern Diagnosis of Stress

Zheng, S; Kim, C; Meier, P; Sibbritt, D; Zaslawski, C

Development of a Novel Questionnaire for the Traditional Chinese Medicine Pattern Diagnosis of Stress

Zheng, S

Kim, C Meier, P

Sibbritt, D

Zaslawski, C

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Citation:: JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies, 2017, 10 (4), pp. 276 - 285
Issue Date:: 2017-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zheng, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-647X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kim, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Meier, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6911-3511	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sibbritt, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3561-9447	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zaslawski, C https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-5161	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-06-05	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies, 2017, 10 (4), pp. 276 - 285	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2005-2901	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/114709
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Currently, there is no definitive diagnosis or list of signs and symptoms for “stress” in either modern biomedicine or Chinese medicine (CM). While modern theories on stress relate to the neurological interaction of a stressor or stimuli on the autonomic nervous system, it is generally regarded as subjective in nature and as such each individual will likely present varying somatic or cognitive signs and symptoms. A questionnaire was therefore developed, based on textual research, that incorporated both general as well as gender specific signs and symptom responses to determine the most common CM patterns associated with individuals who report as feeling stressed. For the 45 females who completed the questionnaire, the mean percentage of symptoms per CM pattern showed that the pattern with the highest average percentage was heart qi deficiency (61.88%) followed by liver blood deficiency (60.23%) and then heart blood deficiency (60.12%). For males (n = 16), heart qi deficiency was also the highest scoring CM pattern with a scoring percentage of 54.81%. In males, however, heart blood deficiency was second with 53.29% followed by liver blood deficiency with 51.10%. Of the general non gender-specific symptoms collected (n = 65 symptoms), the symptom most commonly reported by both men and women was “anxious or racing thoughts”, followed by “constant worrying” and “inability to concentrate”. The CM diagnostic pattern results may prove useful for clinicians as the change in diagnostic understanding will also modify the treatment principle and subsequent treatment with acupuncture or herbal medicine. Future CM research studies should consider including the questionnaire either as a diagnostic aid or as an outcome measure for acupuncture or herbal medicine studies related to stress.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jams.2017.06.002	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Medicine, Chinese Traditional	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Stress, Psychological	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adult	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires	en_US
dc.title	Development of a Novel Questionnaire for the Traditional Chinese Medicine Pattern Diagnosis of Stress	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
utslib.for	1104 Complementary and Alternative Medicine	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	10	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 Currently, there is no definitive diagnosis or list of signs and symptoms for “stress” in either modern biomedicine or Chinese medicine (CM). While modern theories on stress relate to the neurological interaction of a stressor or stimuli on the autonomic nervous system, it is generally regarded as subjective in nature and as such each individual will likely present varying somatic or cognitive signs and symptoms. A questionnaire was therefore developed, based on textual research, that incorporated both general as well as gender specific signs and symptom responses to determine the most common CM patterns associated with individuals who report as feeling stressed. For the 45 females who completed the questionnaire, the mean percentage of symptoms per CM pattern showed that the pattern with the highest average percentage was heart qi deficiency (61.88%) followed by liver blood deficiency (60.23%) and then heart blood deficiency (60.12%). For males (n = 16), heart qi deficiency was also the highest scoring CM pattern with a scoring percentage of 54.81%. In males, however, heart blood deficiency was second with 53.29% followed by liver blood deficiency with 51.10%. Of the general non gender-specific symptoms collected (n = 65 symptoms), the symptom most commonly reported by both men and women was “anxious or racing thoughts”, followed by “constant worrying” and “inability to concentrate”. The CM diagnostic pattern results may prove useful for clinicians as the change in diagnostic understanding will also modify the treatment principle and subsequent treatment with acupuncture or herbal medicine. Future CM research studies should consider including the questionnaire either as a diagnostic aid or as an outcome measure for acupuncture or herbal medicine studies related to stress.

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