Clinical trial NCT05725629: Discussion on the Association Model of Traditional Chinese Medi-cine Body Constitution and Female Infertility
Official title: The Study Was Conducted According to the Guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and Approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB Number: 201900999B0) of the Chang Gung Medical Foundation.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Association Model; Chinese Medicine Physique Types; Health Care Base on Traditional Chinese Medicine; Women Infertility
Lead sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-13
Enrollment: 1
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The purpose of this study was to explore the physique of infertile women in Taiwan and their association with TCM body constitution.

Brief summary: Abstract Background: Infertility may cause physiological and psychological distress. The Health Promotion Administration in Taiwan has listed infertility improvement under the "Reproductive health and prevention section" in the Whole Person Wellness policy.

Methods: This study was based on an exploratory research design. It used artificial intelligence algorithms such as logistic regression and association rules, and constructed the association model between the physique literature of traditional Chinese medicine and common demographic variables.

Results: The participants showed three types of constitutions in traditional Chinese medicine, namely Yin deficiency, Yang deficiency, and phlegm stasis. Infertile women who prefer to eat heavy or sour-tasting foods were 2.8 times more likely to have ovarian factors than those who do not like to eat those foods.

Conclusions: Based on the correction between physique type and the demographic variables of infertile women, care based on traditional Chinese medicine should be pro-vided to improve the body constitutions of infertile women.

Detailed description: Abstract Background: Infertility may cause physiological and psychological distress. The Health Promotion Administration in Taiwan has listed infertility improvement under the "Reproductive health and prevention section" in the Whole Person Wellness policy.

Methods: This study was based on an exploratory research design. It used artificial intelligence algorithms such as logistic regression and association rules, and constructed the association model between the physique literature of traditional Chinese medicine and common demographic variables.

Results: The participants showed three types of constitutions in traditional Chinese medicine, namely Yin deficiency, Yang deficiency, and phlegm stasis. Infertile women who prefer to eat heavy or sour-tasting foods were 2.8 times more likely to have ovarian factors than those who do not like to eat those foods.

Conclusions: Based on the correction between physique type and the demographic variables of infertile women, care based on traditional Chinese medicine should be pro-vided to improve the body constitutions of infertile women.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Female

Exclusion Criteria:

* male

Primary outcomes:
measure: understand the physiques of infertile women through TCM.
timeFrame: 2019~2023
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Cheng Hsin General Hospital
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