Health promotion programs based on traditional medicine

基于传统医学的健康促进计划

• 批准号: 15500494
• 负责人: YANO Tadashi
• 金额: $ 2.3万
• 依托单位: Meiji University of Oriental Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2003 至 2005
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-15500494/
• 关键词: Traditional Medicine; Acupuncture and Moxibustion; Acupoint; Health Promotion

In this study, we investigated evaluation of health using a health promotion program based on traditional medicine. We also studied the effects of acupoints therapy on various symptoms in a population of workers. In performing the study, we used common health questionnaires, including the Short Form 36 (SF-36), life-style related questionnaire, self rating depression scale, life-related satisfaction, and criteria for stress, and we also developed and used the Oriental Medicine-related health questionnaire (MOS). The results showed that more than 95% of the workers were healthy based on the commonly used health questionnaires : among the eight SF-36 subscales, only the "bodily pain" score was below the national average. Based on the oriental medicine questionnaire, stiffness and bodily pain due to accumulation of chronic fatigue were typically observed, and approximately 40% of the workers were judged to have a deficiency in yang (cold symptoms) and approximately 20% had a deficiency in yin (heat symptoms). We also investigated the effects of acupuncture therapy on various symptoms. Press needles (0.6mm in diameter) were applied to acupoints which were determined by oriental diagnosis, and used to treat the region of the body over two months. This therapy showed a tendency to decrease stiffness, bodily pain and general fatigue. However, deficiencies in yin and yang were not improved by acupuncture, suggesting that longer term acupuncture therapy may be needed. In conclusion, we suggest that health promotion programs that combine health evaluation with traditional medicine are useful.

在这项研究中，我们调查了以传统医学为基础的健康促进计划的健康评估。我们还研究了穴位疗法对工人群体中各种症状的影响。在研究过程中，我们使用了包括简明36问卷(SF-36)、生活方式相关问卷、抑郁自评量表、生活相关满意度、压力标准等常用的健康问卷，并编制并使用了东方医学相关健康问卷(MOS)。结果表明，根据常用的健康调查问卷，95%以上的工人是健康的：在SF-36的8个子量表中，只有身体疼痛得分低于全国平均水平。根据东方医学问卷，典型的观察到由于慢性疲劳积累而导致的僵硬和身体疼痛，大约40%的工人被判断为阳虚(感冒症状)，大约20%的工人被判断为阴虚(热症状)。我们还观察了针灸疗法对各种症状的影响。将直径0.6 mm的压针按东方诊断法确定的穴位用来治疗身体部位，两个月以上。这种疗法有减轻僵硬、身体疼痛和全身疲劳的趋势。然而，针灸并没有改善阴阳两虚，这表明可能需要更长时间的针灸治疗。总之，我们建议将健康评估与传统医学相结合的健康促进计划是有用的。