Abstract
Objective To explore the characteristics of constitution according to traditional Chinese medicine and the anxiety susceptibility of the population, providing the theoretical basis for carrying out population intervention in anxiety and taking full advantage of the preventive treatment by investigating anxiety emotion of patients. Methods A cross-sectional study method was adopted. 317 anxiety patients were recruited into an observation group and another 251 anxiety patients were recruited into a control group. Based on the traditional Chinese medicine constitution scale we defined every participant’s constitution type and got the distribution of different constitution types among all the participants. Then we usedχ2 test and binary regression to analyze the impact of constitution on anxiety. Result The observation group constitution type distribution：Qi stagnation（19.24%）, Qi deficiency（16.40%）, blood stasis（15.46%）, damp heat （11.04%）, Yang deficiency（10.41%）, Yin deficiency（8.83%）, phlegm dampness（6.62%）, mild quality（5.99%）, special intrinsic quality（5.99%）. The control group constitution type distribution：damp heat（17.53%）, Yin deficiency （14.34%）, phlegm dampness （13.94%）, Yang deficiency（11.55%）,mild quality （11.55%）, Qi stagnation （8.76%）, Qi deficiency （8.37%）, blood stasis （7.97%）, special intrinsic quality （5.98%）. The result ofχ2 test showed that the distribution of constitution types among participants in the observation group were different from that in the control group and the difference was statistically significant（P0.05）. The binary regression result showed that the three constitutions of Qi stagnation, Qi deficiency and blood stasis had significantly positive correlation with anxiety（P〈0.05）. Odds ratios showed Exp of Qi stagnation, Qi deficiency and blood stasis was 4.447, 3.942 and 3.929. while the other six constitutions are independent factors to anxiety. Conclusion Qi＆nbsp;stagnation, Qi deficiency and blood stasis constitutions were possible risk factors for anxiety. Key words: Anxiety; Traditional Chinese medical constitution; Qi stagnation constitution; Qi deficiency constitution; Blood stasis constitution; Binary logistic regression
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