The Associativity Between Personality Types Of Patients With Reflux Esophagitis And Traditional Chinese Medicine Stagnation Of Liver-Qi Syndrom

Objective: To observe and analysis the patients with reflux esophagitis and the healthy people ,determine their personality type with EPQ,induce the patients' TCM syndrome through four methods examination,to observe the personality type-differencese between the patients with reflux esophagitis and the healthy people , and the differencese between the stagnation of liver-Qi syndrom and other syndromes,so as to study the relationship between the patients with reflux esophagitis and emotional factor, as well as the relationship between personality types of patients with reflux esophagitis and traditional Chinese medicine stagnation of liver-Qi syndrom.Method: 40 healthy people, 40 reflux esophagitis patients were selected as research subjects. According to the TCM syndrome identifying standard,22 cases coincided to tagnation of liver-Qi syndrome,and 18 cases coincided to other syndromes. All the patients were gave a EPQ when their first visting,and were required to answer each question in the questionnaires according to theirselves situation independently. Then we scored every questionnaires,doing statistical analysis,to find the relationship between the patients with reflux esophagitis and emotional factor, and the relationship between personality types of patients with reflux esophagitis and traditional Chinese medicine stagnation of liver-Qi syndrom.Results:1. There were no differences in sex,age between two groups(P>0.05).2. There were no differences between the patients with reflux esophagitis and the healthy people,neither the group of stagnation of liver-Qi syndrome and the other group in P(psychoticism), P>0.05,including unsociability extent, concerns to others, sympathy, adaptability to the society. It didn't show that patients with unsociability,little concerns to others and poor adaptability to the society is easy to have symptoms of stagnation of liver-QI. The two things had no associativity.3. There were no differences between the patients with reflux esophagitis and the healthy people,neither the group of stagnation of liver-Qi syndrome and the other group in extroversion & introvert, P>0.05,including the capability of social communication and pouring out his or her heart to others. It didn't show that patients with symptoms of stagnation of liver-Qi is introvert or not good at pouring out his or her heart to others. The two things had no associativity.4. The score of the patients with reflux esophagitis is higher than the healthy people obviously, P<0.01. It indicated that the patients with reflux esophagitis are likely to have anxiety or tension. They played a intense response to stimulus,and had a emotional instable personality type. They may show anxious, nervous, worried, and easy to have a strong emotional response in the face of stimulation.5. The score of stagnation of liver-Qi syndrome group is much higher than the other group, P<0.05. It indicated that stagnation of liver-Qi syndrome group is likely to have anxiety or tension. They played a intense response to stimulus,and had a emotional instable personality type.