International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021132020050222472247ENDepartment of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TehranDepartment of Infertility, Vali‑e‑Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, The School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TehranDepartment of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TehranDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TehranDepartment of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TehranDepartment of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TehranDepartment of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan20200502<p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Background</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The temperament is a basic concept of maintaining health in Traditional Persian Medicine. The two main grouping of temperament is hot/cold and wet/dry. Many female disorders include infertilities are diagnosed and treated based on the dystemperament therapies. This report describes design of a questionnaire for uterine temperament detection and its use to evaluate the uterine temperament of a population of infertile women. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Methods</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The uterine temperament parameters derived from main textbooks were used to design a questionnaire which its validity and reliability was proven by statistical methods. The questionnaire was then used to detect the uterine<br />temperament of 54 infertile females. Also full history and physical exam and vaginal sonography was performed in the 3</span><span class="fontstyle2" style="font-size: 5pt;">rd </span><span class="fontstyle2">day of the menstrual cycle for all study participants. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Results</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The mean age was 30.92 ± 5.53 years old. Mean uterine temperament score was 3.21 ± 0.53 for hotness and 4.28 ± 1 for wetness. Mean general body temperament was 138.88 ± 17.61. The general body temperament hotness/coldness was significantly correlated with the uterus hotness/coldness (</span><span class="fontstyle3">r </span><span class="fontstyle2">= 0.0842); while the wetness/dryness temperament of the body and uterus were not correlated. Moreover, uterus temperament was not correlated with the size of the uterus and ovaries in sonography, but pelvic width was correlated with hot uterine temperament (</span><span class="fontstyle3">r </span><span class="fontstyle2">= 0.354, </span><span class="fontstyle3">P </span><span class="fontstyle2">= 0.0145). </span></p><p><strong></strong><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">In the present study, the most prevalent achieved temperament was cold and wet in patients with infertility complaint. Moreover, the hot/cold temperament of body and pelvic width were correlated with uterus temperament. This may propose new prevention and also treatment methods in the field of infertility, which needs to be further evaluated.<br /></span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0" style="color: #00652e;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle3">Iran, medicine, surveys and questionnaires, traditional, uterus</span></p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2247http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2247/717718080