针药结合对绝经后妇女生活质量的影响

Effect of acupuncture combined with herb on the quality of life in postmenopausal women

目的:探讨针药结合治疗在改善绝经后女性生活质量状况中的应用价值。方法:选择符合诊断标准的绝经后女性60名,随机分成针刺结合口服生药淫羊霍组(简称生药组),治疗3个月;针刺结合口服淫羊霍提取药物组(简称熟药组),治疗2个月,两组各30例,治疗前后分别用SF-36量表进行生存质量调查。结果:治疗后生药组生理功能、身体疼痛、总体健康、活力、社会功能、精神健康6个纬度均数水平均较治疗前提高,差异有显著性意义(P=0.027,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.016,0.001)。熟药组治疗后生理功能、身体疼痛、总体健康、活力、社会功能、精神健康6个纬度均数水平均较治疗前提高,差异亦有显著性意义(P=0.000,0.000,0.000,0.001,0.000,0.000)。结论:针药结合可改善绝经后妇女生活质量。

AIM:To investigate the applied value of acupuncture combined with herb on the quality of life (QOL) of postmenopausal women. METHODS:A total of 60 postmenopausal women,according to diagnostic standard,were randomly divided into oral raw korean epimedium herb group combined with acupuncture(herb group) and oral extractive koren epimedium herb group combined with acupuncture(processing group),with 30 patients in each group.The duration of treatment was 3 months and 2 months respectively.The QOL was measured with 36 item short form health survey(SF 36) before and after treatment. RESULTS:There was significant improvement after treatment in 6 fields of the QOL: physical function(PF),bodily pain (BP),general health(GH),vitality(VT),social function(SF) and mental health(MH) in the herb group(P=0.027,0.000,0.000, 0.000,0.016,0.001 respectively) and in the processing herb group(P=0.000,0.000,0.000,0.001,0.000,0.000 respectively). CONCLUSION:Acupuncture combined with herb can enhance the QOL of postmenopausal women.