Questionnaire Analysis on TCM Syndrome Classification of Dysmenorrhea
- VernacularTitle:关于痛经辨证分型的专家问卷分析
- Author:
Hong LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dysmenorrheal;
Experts' experience;
Delphi method;
Syndrome analysis
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1992;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the TCM syndrome classification of dysmenorrhea from the point of view of experts' experience.Methods The questionnaire on the TCM syndromes of dysmenorrhea was made based on the literature consultation and questionnaire survey with Delphi method.The data was analyzed with the SPSS software for the mathematical statistics and evaluation of positive degree,concentrative degree,coordination degree,and authority degree.Results The return-ratio of first round questionnaire was 96.67% and that of the second round was 100%.Of the 28 syndromes,the important ones were 12,occupying 42.86% of the investigation indices.The variation coefficient of 7 syndromes was smaller than 0.25.The mean value of expert authority degree was 0.82.Conclusion The commonly seen syndromes are qi stagnation and blood stasis,qi deficiency and blood stasis,liver qi stagnation,blood stasis,qi and blood deficiency,liver and kidney deficiency.
