Sasang Constitution May Act as a Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms—A Survey for Local Residence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Data Collection
2.2. Measurements
2.2.1. Sasang Constitutional Diagnosis
2.2.2. Depressive Symptom
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Differences in General Characteristics According to Subjects’ Depressive Symptoms
3.2. Difference in Depressive Symptom Score According to Sasang Constitution
3.3. Distribution of Depressive Symptom According to Sasang Constitution
3.4. Relative Risk of Depressive Symptom According to Sasang Constitution
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Total | Depressive Symptom Score | t/χ2 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
<16 489 (74.9) | ≧16 164 (25.1) | ||||
M ± SD/n (%) | |||||
Age | 53.6 ± 20.32 | 53.3 ± 19.75 | 54.8 ± 21.9 | −0.767 | 0.444 |
Height | 162.1 ± 8.45 | 162.6 ± 8.26 | 160.7 ± 8.86 | 2.489 | 0.013 |
Weight | 62.1 ± 11.36 | 62.5 ± 11.04 | 60.7 ± 12.20 | 1.770 | 0.077 |
Gender | 2.697 | 0.101 | |||
Male | 209 (32.0) | 165 (78.9) | 44 (21.1) | ||
Female | 444 (68.0) | 324 (73.0) | 120 (27.0) | ||
Occupation | 0.089 | 0.766 | |||
No | 308 (47.2) | 229 (74.4) | 79 (25.6) | ||
Yes | 345 (52.8) | 260 (75.4) | 85 (24.6) | ||
Live with Family | 3.911 | 0.048 | |||
Live together | 473 (72.4) | 364 (77.0) | 109 (23.0) | ||
Live alone | 180 (27.6) | 125 (69.4) | 55 (30.6) | ||
Medication | 3.213 | 0.013 | |||
None | 621 (95.1) | 471 (75.8) | 150 (24.2) | ||
Taking or Took in the past | 32 (4.9) | 18 (56.3) | 14 (43.8) | ||
Religion | 0.039 | 0.844 | |||
Have | 287 (44.0) | 216 (75.3) | 71 (24.7) | ||
Do not have | 366 (56.0) | 273 (74.6) | 93 (25.4) | ||
Drinking | 4.833 | 0.028 | |||
No | 453 (69.4) | 328 (72.4) | 125 (27.6) | ||
Yes | 200 (30.6) | 161 (80.5) | 39 (19.5) | ||
Smoking | 1.508 | 0.219 | |||
No | 593 (90.8) | 448 (75.5) | 145 (24.5) | ||
Yes | 60 (9.2) | 41 (68.3) | 19 (31.7) |
Variables | Depressive Symptom Score | χ2 (p) | |
---|---|---|---|
<16 | ≧16 | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
TE | 252 (75.4) | 82 (24.6) | 10.900 (0.004) |
SE | 87 (64.9) | 47 (35.1) | |
SY | 150 (81.1) | 35 (18.9) |
Depressive Symptom | ||||||
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Crude | ORs (CI) | |||||
SY vs. TE | SY vs. SE | TE vs. SE | ||||
1 | 1.395 (0.894~2.175) | 1 | 2.315 ** (1.389~3.860) | 1 | 1.660 * (1.076~2.561) | |
Model 1 | 1 | 1.427 (0.913~2.229) | 1 | 2.269 ** (1.359~3.787) | 1 | 1.590 * (1.026~2.463) |
Model 2 | 1 | 1.496 (0.814~2.751) | 1 | 2.259 ** (1.184~4.312) | 1 | 1.510 (0.740~3.080) |
Model 3 | 1 | 1.184 (0.579~2.423) | 1 | 2.907 ** (1.379~6.144) | 1 | 2.397 (0.945~6.082) |
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Kim, Y.; Jang, E. Sasang Constitution May Act as a Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms—A Survey for Local Residence. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081548
Kim Y, Jang E. Sasang Constitution May Act as a Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms—A Survey for Local Residence. Healthcare. 2022; 10(8):1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081548
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Yunyoung, and Eunsu Jang. 2022. "Sasang Constitution May Act as a Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms—A Survey for Local Residence" Healthcare 10, no. 8: 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081548
APA StyleKim, Y., & Jang, E. (2022). Sasang Constitution May Act as a Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms—A Survey for Local Residence. Healthcare, 10(8), 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081548