This paper reports ethnographic and statistical data on the indigenous Chinese concept of
constitution (ti-zhi) and its association with health status. The data were obtained through in …

Background More efficient instruments for body constitution identification are needed for
clinical practice. We aimed to develop the short-form version of the Constitution in Chinese …

Objectives. To measure the distributed characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM) constitutions, as well as related factors with biased TCM constitutions among the …

Background Body constitution is a fundamental concept in traditional Chinese medicine
(TCM) for clinical diagnosis, treatment of illness, and community-based health promotion …

Abstract Background The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Body Constitution
Questionnaire (For Elderly People)(TCMECQ) is a patient-reported outcome questionnaire …

This paper reports on aspects of the subjective evaluation of perceived health status of aged
Chinese-Canadians in Toronto. The survey data revealed that an extremely high proportion …

This study contributes to our understanding of the ageing process by investigating whether
particular psychological dispositions among older people are associated with healthy …

Two measures of health, an index of functional and disability status and global selfrated
health, and their transitions over a seven-year period were compared across two ethnic …

OBJECTIVE To develop the best short form of constitution in Chinese medicine
questionnaire (CCMQ) and evaluate its psychometric properties in Chinese population …

This article introduces a holistic model of care for the elderly from the perspective of
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a body-spirit-social-environment perspective, deeply …