ABSTRACT
<b>Objectives </b>: The purpose of this study is to know the <i>shisho </i>constitutional distribution of outpatients at the Center for Kampo Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine (the Keio Kampo Center, herein) and to find out if there are differences in the type of diseases and symptoms according to <i>shisho </i>constitution.<br><b>Methods </b>: We collected data from 366 outpatients at the Keio Kampo Center. All did a SSCQ-P (<i>shisho </i>Constitution Questionnaire for Patients) to obtain a <i>shisho </i>constitution diagnosis. We then classified their shisho constitutions and surveyed disease and symptom prevalence according to same.<br><b>Results </b>: 1 : Among the 366 outpatients, distribution rates for Taiyojin, Syoyojin, Taiinjin, and Syoinjin were 0.8%, 27.3%, 28.7%, and 43.2% respectively. 2 : And the prevalence of V. Mental and behavioral disorders, XI. Diseases of the digestive system, XV. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, and Feeling of coldness (under XVIII. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC) items for Shoinjin were significantly higher than those for the other constitutions. (p < 0.05)<br><b>Conclusions </b>: The distribution rate for shisho in 366 outpatients at the Keio Kampo Center was different from that in Korea, with the rate for shoinjin in these outpatients at the Center especially, being significantly higher than that for Koreans. There were also significant differences in the prevalence of some diseases and symptoms in shoinjin group.