TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing the effectiveness of pattern differentiation treatment and fixed formula treatment for perimenopausal syndrome with Chinese herbal medicine
T2 - A study protocol
AU - Hsu, Wingsze
AU - Chan, Manhon
AU - Zheng, Sirong
AU - Li, Kingchung
AU - Chan, Kamyin
AU - Lam, Hoiyi
AU - Chu, Tammy Tinyan
AU - Chan, Siufung
AU - Kwok, Yingching
AU - Zhong, Linda LD
N1 - The study was funded by Chinese Medicine Research Practical Training Program of Hong Kong Hospital Authority Chinese Medicine Department (Hong Kong, China).
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© 2023 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - Objective: To further understand and compare the effectiveness of pattern differentiation treatment and fixed prescription treatment in perimenopausal syndrome. Methods: The study will be conducted in the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Workers’ Medical Clinics, Hong Kong Baptist University Chinese Medicine Clinic cum Training and Research Centre (Hong Kong, China). One hundred Chinese women, aged 45–55 years, will be recruited. The participants will be randomized into 2 groups. The intervention group will be administered medication, based on pattern differentiation, by qualified traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners. After each evaluation, TCM practitioners will evaluate and revise the prescription, based on the participants' patterns. The control group will be given the standard formula, i.e., the Erxian decoction, which contains 6 herbs. The treatment period and the follow-up period will be 8 weeks each. The primary assessment outcome measure will be the Kupperman Index, and the secondary outcome measure will be the Menopause-specific Quality of Life Questionnaire score. Conclusion: Pattern-differentiated treatment is the basic principle of TCM to understand and treat diseases. The study will show the pattern-differentiated treatment is effectiveness than the fixed prescription.
AB - Objective: To further understand and compare the effectiveness of pattern differentiation treatment and fixed prescription treatment in perimenopausal syndrome. Methods: The study will be conducted in the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Workers’ Medical Clinics, Hong Kong Baptist University Chinese Medicine Clinic cum Training and Research Centre (Hong Kong, China). One hundred Chinese women, aged 45–55 years, will be recruited. The participants will be randomized into 2 groups. The intervention group will be administered medication, based on pattern differentiation, by qualified traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners. After each evaluation, TCM practitioners will evaluate and revise the prescription, based on the participants' patterns. The control group will be given the standard formula, i.e., the Erxian decoction, which contains 6 herbs. The treatment period and the follow-up period will be 8 weeks each. The primary assessment outcome measure will be the Kupperman Index, and the secondary outcome measure will be the Menopause-specific Quality of Life Questionnaire score. Conclusion: Pattern-differentiated treatment is the basic principle of TCM to understand and treat diseases. The study will show the pattern-differentiated treatment is effectiveness than the fixed prescription.
KW - Chinese herbal medicine
KW - Kupperman index
KW - Menopause-specific quality of life
KW - Pattern differentiation treatment
KW - Perimenopausal
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcms.2023.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcms.2023.06.004
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85163847079
SN - 2095-7548
VL - 10
SP - 331
EP - 338
JO - Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences
JF - Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences
IS - 3
ER -
