NGHIÊN CỨU ĐẶC ĐIỂM LÂM SÀNG VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN THEO Y HỌC CỔ TRUYỀN Ở BỆNH NHÂN ĐÁI THÁO ĐƯỜNG TÍP 2 TẠI BỆNH VIỆN Y HỌC CỔ TRUYỀN THÀNH PHỐ CẦN THƠ

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a non-communicable global disease that has increasingly become a social and economic burden. There are two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2 diabetes, with type 2 diabetes being a metabolic disorder caused by multiple factors. However, there are very few scientific studies that specifically investigate the clinical characteristics and demonstrate the contributing factors to the disease according to Traditional Medicine. Objectives: To survey certain clinical features and investigate some factors related to these clinical features according to Traditional Medicine in patients with type 2 diabetes at the Can Tho Traditional Medicine Hospital. Subjects and Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on 107 patients with type 2 diabetes. Results: Patients with type 2 diabetes aged ≥ 60 years (69.2%) had a higher prevalence than those under 60 years (30.8%), and female patients (61.7%) accounted for a higher percentage than male patients (38.3%). The highest contributing factor to type 2 diabetes according to Traditional Medicine was the deficiency of Zang-Fu organs (43.9%). For patients with the upper-Jiao pattern, the main cause of the disease was emotional disturbances (17.5%), for the middle-Jiao pattern, improper diet was the primary cause (5.2%), and for the lower-Jiao pattern, Zang-Fu organ deficiency was the main cause (44.3%). Conclusions: Most patients with type 2 diabetes in this study were over 60 years old. The primary Traditional Medicine cause of type 2 diabetes was Zang-Fu organ deficiency. There was a significant association between age and clinical patterns (p < 0.001), and between clinical patterns and the causes of the disease (p < 0.001).