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Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women

BACKGROUND: Unlike traditional East Asian medicine, the necessity of health care services for cold extremities is yet to be acknowledged in Western medicine. In this study, we aimed to conduct an epidemiological evaluation of this unremarkable symptom among women in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A c...

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Autores principales: Tsuboi, Satoshi, Mine, Tomosa, Tomioka, Yumi, Shiraishi, Saeka, Fukushima, Fujiko, Ikaga, Toshiharu
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666166
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S190414
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author Tsuboi, Satoshi
Mine, Tomosa
Tomioka, Yumi
Shiraishi, Saeka
Fukushima, Fujiko
Ikaga, Toshiharu
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Mine, Tomosa
Tomioka, Yumi
Shiraishi, Saeka
Fukushima, Fujiko
Ikaga, Toshiharu
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description BACKGROUND: Unlike traditional East Asian medicine, the necessity of health care services for cold extremities is yet to be acknowledged in Western medicine. In this study, we aimed to conduct an epidemiological evaluation of this unremarkable symptom among women in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2016 to April 2017, and data of 238 women throughout Japan were analyzed. Questionnaires were used to examine participants’ demographics, health-related behaviors, health status, and frequency of subjective symptoms over the past 1 year. The association between cold extremities and other subjective symptoms was examined by the multiple logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The prevalences of mild and severe cold extremities were 49.6% and 35.3%, respectively. Temperature and utilization of health care services were not significantly different by the severity of cold extremities. The accompanying symptoms that were significantly associated with the cold extremities were shoulder stiffness, fatigue, low back pain, headache, nasal congestion, itching, injury, and difficulty hearing. After multiple logistic regression analysis, low back pain (OR: 4.91) and difficulty hearing (OR: 4.84) kept the significance. Factors related to cold extremities including mental quality of life, sleep quality, and habitual drinking were significantly associated with other accompanying symptoms. CONCLUSION: Women with cold extremities have various accompanying symptoms and health-risk behaviors. Symptomatic treatment for cold extremities may not be sufficient, and comprehensive care would be required.
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spelling pubmed-63333892019-01-21 Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women Tsuboi, Satoshi Mine, Tomosa Tomioka, Yumi Shiraishi, Saeka Fukushima, Fujiko Ikaga, Toshiharu Int J Womens Health Original Research BACKGROUND: Unlike traditional East Asian medicine, the necessity of health care services for cold extremities is yet to be acknowledged in Western medicine. In this study, we aimed to conduct an epidemiological evaluation of this unremarkable symptom among women in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2016 to April 2017, and data of 238 women throughout Japan were analyzed. Questionnaires were used to examine participants’ demographics, health-related behaviors, health status, and frequency of subjective symptoms over the past 1 year. The association between cold extremities and other subjective symptoms was examined by the multiple logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The prevalences of mild and severe cold extremities were 49.6% and 35.3%, respectively. Temperature and utilization of health care services were not significantly different by the severity of cold extremities. The accompanying symptoms that were significantly associated with the cold extremities were shoulder stiffness, fatigue, low back pain, headache, nasal congestion, itching, injury, and difficulty hearing. After multiple logistic regression analysis, low back pain (OR: 4.91) and difficulty hearing (OR: 4.84) kept the significance. Factors related to cold extremities including mental quality of life, sleep quality, and habitual drinking were significantly associated with other accompanying symptoms. CONCLUSION: Women with cold extremities have various accompanying symptoms and health-risk behaviors. Symptomatic treatment for cold extremities may not be sufficient, and comprehensive care would be required. Dove Medical Press 2019-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6333389/ /pubmed/30666166 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S190414 Text en © 2019 Tsuboi et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Tomioka, Yumi
Shiraishi, Saeka
Fukushima, Fujiko
Ikaga, Toshiharu
Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women
title Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women
title_full Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women
title_fullStr Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women
title_full_unstemmed Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women
title_short Are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? Epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among Japanese women
title_sort are cold extremities an issue in women’s health? epidemiological evaluation of cold extremities among japanese women
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666166
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S190414
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