title: Impact of Community-Based Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Metabolic Syndrome Intervention Technology in Rural Residents in Southern Jiangsu, China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To explore the feasibility and efficiency of community-based integrated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine metabolic syndrome (MS) intervention in rural residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MS intervention was administered to 598 rural community residents aged 45 years and older in Zhoushi from 2011 to 2013. Subjects completed a health examination and health behavior questionnaire before and after the intervention. In the intervention, we designed a "healthy life self-help program" using TCM appropriate technologies for the subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 2 years of intervention by means of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, 57.0% (341 persons) of the subjects no longer suffered from MS. The recovery rate of BMI, blood pressure, FBG, TG, and HDL-C were 22.1%, 40.5%, 37.9%, 32.8%, and 62.4%, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in exercise, smoking, and alcohol drinking between baseline and 2 years later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine MS intervention was effective in deceasing most of the parameters of MS, especially blood pressure, and helping people to do more exercise. The program would be useful to implement in other similar populations.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (mainland).
authors.forename: Yuqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (mainland).
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (mainland).
authors.forename: Yanghong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (mainland).
authors.forename: Yonghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (mainland).
authors.forename: Kaijin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires