Table 5: The correlation of different TCM deficiency syndrome with quality of life.
| WHO-QOL BREF scores | SF-12 QOL scores | ||||||
| Physical health | Psychological health | Social relationships | Environment | PCS-12 | MCS-12 | ||
| Qi deficiency (qì xū) | With (N = 23) Mean score (SD) | 49.3 (11.9) | 57.0 (10.4) | 63.7 (12.0) | 65.2 (10.7) | 31.6 (8.3) | 41.2 (10.6) |
| Without (N = 38) Mean score (SD) | 66.0 (11.6) | 69.1 (12.1) | 72.1 (12.3) | 74.2 (11.7) | 41.0 (10.6) | 50.2 (8.4) | |
| p | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | 0.011* | 0.004** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |
| Blood deficiency (xuè xū) | With (N = 19) Mean score (SD) | 58.8 (15.3) | 65.5 (14.3) | 71.6 (13.0) | 72.9 (13.7) | 34.5 (7.6) | 49.1 (9.8) |
| Without (N = 42) Mean score (SD) | 60.1 (13.8) | 64.1 (12.3) | 67.7 (12.6) | 69.9 (11.3) | 38.7 (9.8) | 45.8 (10.3) | |
| p | 0.771 | 0.704 | 0.289 | 0.404 | 0.077 | 0.231 | |
| Yin deficiency (yīn xū) | With (N = 11) Mean score (SD) | 55.9 (13.0) | 62.6 (12.8) | 67.5 (15.0) | 67.8 (12.6) | 34.7 (7.8) | 38.1 (10.2) |
| Without (N = 50) Mean score (SD) | 60.5 (14.4) | 65.0 (12.9) | 69.3 (12.4) | 71.5 (12.0) | 38.0 (9.6) | 48.7 (9.2) | |
| p | 0.336 | 0.576 | 0.675 | 0.369 | 0.243 | 0.007** | |
| Yang deficiency (yáng xū) | With (N = 25) Mean Score (SD) | 57.4 (9.7) | 60.0 (8.2) | 66.0 (12.0) | 67.8 (11.2) | 34.7 (8.3) | 45.4 (9.2) |
| Without (N = 36) Mean score (SD) | 61.2 (16.6) | 67.6 (14.6) | 71.0 (13.1) | 73.0 (12.3) | 39.3 (9.7) | 47.8 (10.1) | |
| p | 0.412 | 0.124 | 0.909 | 0.953 | 0.053 | 0.361 | |
***p < 0.001 ; **p < 0.01; **p < 0.