The Study of Correlation between Tri - Dosha with Diabetes Type2 (DM) in Pathum Thani Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to study population characteristics and define Tri-Dosha characteristics; 2) to find the correlation between Tri-Dosha characteristics, namely Patta, Vata, Kapha and type 2 diabetic patients; and 3) to predict the chance of diabetes from Tri-Dosha characteristics. The study was a cross-sectional study. The samples were collected from patients registered in the chronic non-communicable disease database, Pathum Thani Provincial Health Office by multi-stage random sampling from 7 districts, drawing 3 selections. The research instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire  including  part 1 general characteristics and  part 2 personality and behavioral characteristics based on Tri-Dosha characteristics. With the scoring criteria for measuring the variables was 3 values which were 2 points for very correct, 1 for some were not correct and 0 for not exactly correct. The reliability was 0.82. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and logistic regression analysis.

          The study found that: 1) among 400 people, diabetic patients were 273, followed by hypertension, and other chronic diseases.  Most of them (269 patients) had the characteristics of Pitta. The diabetes group was found that the characteristics of Pitta, Vata, and Kapha were 68.0, 77.1 and 75.1%, respectively; 2) the logistic analysis found that diabetes had a relationship with the Kapha and Vata with statistically significant; and 3) Odds Ratio, Kapha and Vata were 1.49 and 1.64 times, respectively, more likely to have diabetes when compared with those who had  characteristics of Pitta. Therefore, the relationship between the Tri-Dosha and the occurrence of diabetes were found that Kapha and Vata characteristics were more related and more likely to have diabetes than the Pitta characteristics.