Table 4: The comparison of TCM deficiency syndrome between chemotherapy and integrated therapy.
| Chemotherapy N = 31 (%) | Integrated therapy N = 30 (%) | p | ||||
| With | Without | With | Without | |||
| Qi deficiency (qì xū) | Pre-study | 8 (25.8) | 23 (74.2) | 15 (50.0) | 15 (50.0) | 0.067 |
| Post-study | 18 (58.1) | 13 (41.9) | 11 (36.7) | 19 (63.3) | 0.126 | |
| p | 0.010** | 0.297 | ||||
| Blood deficiency (xuè xū) | Pre-study | 11 (35.5) | 20 (64.5) | 8 (26.7) | 22 (73.3) | 0.582 |
| Post-study | 15 (48.4) | 16 (51.6) | 7 (23.3) | 23 (76.7) | 0.062 | |
| p | 0.303 | 0.766 | ||||
| Yin deficiency (yīn xū) | Pre-study | 1 (3.1) | 30 (96.8) | 10 (33.3) | 20 (66.7) | 0.003** |
| Post-study | 7 (22.6) | 24 (77.4) | 7 (23.3) | 23 (76.7) | 1.000 | |
| p | 0.023* | 0.390 | ||||
| Yang deficiency (yáng xū) | Pre-study | 16 (51.6) | 15 (48.4) | 9 (30.0) | 21 (70.0) | 0.120 |
| Post-study | 11 (35.5) | 20 (64.5) | 13 (43.3) | 17 (56.7) | 0.605 | |
| p | 0.200 | 0.284 | ||||
***p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05.