Mizaj assessment in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients based on Persian Medicine
| Autor: | Hossein Kerdarian, Mohammadali Kamali, Abdolali Moosavyzadeh, Reza Abbasian, Mahmoud Babaeian, Vahid Shaygannejad, Morteza Mojahedi, Soraya Khafri, Hossein Rezaeizadeh, Hossein Sourtiji, Mostafa Alizadeh, Mohammad Ansaripour |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Future studies Multiple Sclerosis media_common.quotation_subject 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Persian media_common business.industry Multiple sclerosis Incidence (epidemiology) Gold standard Healthy subjects Reproducibility of Results medicine.disease language.human_language Complementary and alternative medicine language Temperament business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of complementaryintegrative medicineReferences. 19(2) |
| ISSN: | 1553-3840 |
| Popis: | Objectives Increased incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) calls for supporting complementary therapies in this field. Persian Medicine (PM) specialists present various assumptions to help patients through Mizaj (temperament) modification, but its confirmation requires scientific evidence. This study aimed at identifying the Mizaj of MS patients, and comparing it with their Mizaj before the onset of the disease, and with that of healthy people. Methods Forty-two MS and fifty-four healthy subjects participated in the study as case and control groups. General and brain Mizaj in patients were identified by five PM specialists before and after the onset of the disease. Mojahedi Mizaj Questionnaire (MMQ) was completed by the two groups. The validity of MMQ was assessed using Mizaj diagnosis by PM specialists as the gold standard. t-test, McNemar-Bowker, Wilcoxon, and Chi-square (χ 2) tests were used to compare the Mizaj of patients before and after the onset of the disease, and between the two groups (p Results The sensitivity and specificity of MMQ for Hotness (75, 81%) and Coldness (75, 65%) were acceptable. There were no significant differences between patients and healthy subjects in terms of general Mizaj. But general and brain Mizaj of patients after developing MS inclined to coldness and dryness, although merely inclination of general Mizaj to coldness was significant (p=0.03). Conclusions According to our results, the Mizaj of MS patients has an inclination toward coldness and dryness; Also, MMQ can be used as a validated scale for identifying the Mizaj of MS patients in future studies. |
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