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http://dx.doi.org/10.7730/JSCM.2020.32.1.22

Sasang Constitution May Act as a Risk Factor for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder  

Kim, Yunyoung (Department of Nursing, Andong National University)
Kim, Tae-Yeol (Department of Health Medical Administration, Yeung Nam University College)
Park, Soyoung (Department of Nursing, Kongju National University)
Jang, Eunsu (Department of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University)
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine / v.32, no.1, 2020 , pp. 22-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we suggested indirect evidence of whether Sasang constitution(SC) could be a risk factor for Post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) among soldiers who participated in Vietnam war. The number of 199 subjects joined this study. We surveyed SC with KS-15 and PTSD with Korean Version of Impact of Event Scale-Revised questionnaires. A Chi-square test and a one-way ANOVA were performed according to SC type, and multiple logistic regression was used to produce odds ratios(ORs). Significant p was .05. The number(rate) of Taeeumin(TE), Soeumin(SE), and Soyangin(SY) types were 131(65.8%), 33(16.6%), and 35(17.6%) respectively. The score of PTSD in SE type(8.78±8.61) was significantly higher than those of SY(4.00±6.5) and TE types(3.65±6.78)(p=.001, SE>TE, SY, Scheffe). SE type was associated with increased PTSD prevalence compared with TE [OR 4.338; 95% CI 1.525-12.335, p<.01], and it was still associated with increased PTSD prevalence [OR 10.658; 95% CI 1.296-87.661, p<.05] after adjusting for age and weight. This study suggests that SC, particularly the SE type, might be significantly associated with PTSD and could be considered as a risk factor for PTSD.
Keywords
Sasang Constitution; Risk Factor; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD);
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