Poor Quality of Life Associated With Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution in HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex With Men

quality of life score

investigate different quality of life score of HIV infected time in the physical,psychological, social, and environmental domains. Outcome Measure:4 quality of life scores for each constitution ， In the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan item scores range from 1 (worst condition) to 5 (best condition), except for 3 items (Ph1, Ph2, and Ps6), which have reverse scores. Two scales (0-100 and 4-20, with a higher score indicating better QOL) can be transformed into domain scores for each domain and we used the 4-20 scale in this study,Add the item scores for each domain ,the higher scores indicating better quality of life

Time frame: Lasts for 1 year

TCM constitution

Investigate TCM constitution composed of HIV-infected in yang deficiency , yin deficiency , qi deficiency , phlegm dampness , damp-heat , blood stasis , special diathesis , qi stagnation , and gentleness constitution . Outcome Measure:Nine kinds TCM constitution-the constitution type must be judged according to the standards. Original score = sum of the scores of items for each constitution, and then the original score is converted into a conversion score \[conversion score = \[(original score-number of answer items) / answer items × 4\] × 100. Judgment of constitutions: gentleness is a normal constitution, and others are pathological constitutions. Gentleness constitution conversion score ≥ 60 points, and other pathological constitution conversion score \<30 points, it is Gentleness constitution; pathological constitution conversion score ≥ 40 is considered pathological constitution, The higher the conversion score is the more obvious the constitution trend

Time frame: Lasts for 1 year