Prevalence assay of northwest dryness syndrome on cotton workers in Shihezi of Xinjiang / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the difference of prevalence rate and main symptoms of northwest dryness syndrome(NDS) of the long staying and temporary residents at Xinjiang by comparing the cotton workers in Shihezi come from mainland with inhabitant of Xinjiang,under the environment of NDS.Methods:To design questionnaire according to the Chinese medicine theories and modern epidemiology method,and carry out sampling questionnaire in cotton workers of Shihezi,Hetian,Urumqi,Yili and Leshan,then carry out syndrome differentiation with computation and statistical analysis about NDS.Results:The distributing date,syndromic types and main symptoms scores of NDS in the cotton workers in Shihezi and other areas were obtained from 3658 questionnaires.The highest attack rate of NDS on cotton workers was in Hetian.The attack rate in Sichuan was higher than that in Shizihe(P0.05).The higher scores,symptoms of DNS in Shizihe were the main symptoms of dryness syndrome,but the higher scores,symptoms of NDS in Hetian,Yili and Urumqi were the characteristic symptoms.The external-dryness score of cotton workers in Shihezi was obviously higher than that in other areas(P