| Objective: With a clinic investigation on female perimenopause insomnia patients,this study aims to discuss the characteristics of patients, their relationships with patients’constitution types, predisposed constitutions and the risk factors, further propose effectivepreventions and treatments on the disease. Methods:150female perimenopause insomniapatients and150female perimenopause healthy subjects were investigated with TCMconstitution scale, PSQI and self-designed questionnaire based on the clinic epidemiologymethod. Results: Case group differs from control group on constitution composition. Incontrol group, yin deficiency types and even types are most frequent, while in case group,52cases(34.7%) are in qi stagnancy type,38cases(25.3%) in yin deficiency type and25cases(16.7%) in qi deficiency type. It can be judged from the results combined with TCMtheory that the types of qi stagnancy, yin deficiency, and qi deficiency are predisposedconstitutions. Estrogen levels differ significantly between case group and control group.There are differences in PSQI total scores among different constitution types as well as inthe factor scores. Patients in qi stagnancy type need longer time to fall asleep. Qideficiency subjects score highest in day-time function disorder, whilst yin deficiencypatients score most in sleep disorder. Exercise habits, daily schedule, family relationshipsand personality are found related to the disease occurrence. Conclusion: Femaleperimenopause insomnia patients have certain predisposed constitutions which are featuredas qi stagnancy, yin deficiency, and qi deficiency. Estrogen level has an effect on female’ssleep who are in perimenopause period. Exercise habits, daily schedule, familyrelationships and personality are correlated to the disease, and constitution theory lays a basis for the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and prescription of perimenopauseinsomnia,... |
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