FANG Ge,ZHOU Xuan,CHEN Jiaxu,et al.Construction of Diagnostic Scale of Liver Constraint and Qi Stagnation Syndrome Based on Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(16):1525-1531.
FANG Ge,ZHOU Xuan,CHEN Jiaxu,et al.Construction of Diagnostic Scale of Liver Constraint and Qi Stagnation Syndrome Based on Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(16):1525-1531.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.16.006.
Construction of Diagnostic Scale of Liver Constraint and Qi Stagnation Syndrome Based on Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process
To preliminarily construct the diagnostic scale of liver constraint and
qi
stagnation syndrome.
Methods
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The databases including CNKI, VIP, Wanfang and Sinomed were searched from the inception dates to October 31, 2020 for clinical studies exploring the etiology and pathogenesis, risk factors, clinical symptoms and signs of liver constraint and
qi
stagnation syndrome. Based on the previous systematic evaluation of medical literature, experts meeting, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) terminology standardization, items with a frequency greater than 15 were selected to be an item pool. Delphi method was used for three rounds of consultation with experts to determine the items, and the weight of the items was determined by analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The level of support, mean value, full score ratio, grade sum, unimportant percentage and coefficient of variation were used to screen out the items, and the proportion calculated by AHP was used as the weight for each item to develop the diagnostic scale of liver constraint and
qi
stagnation syndrome.
Results
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A total of 98 articles were included, and 17 items were obtained in the item. In the three rounds of Delphi survey, 84 valid questionnaires were collected, with 99% expert positive coefficient and the degree of authority coefficients > 0.8, and the coordination coefficient was 0.648, 0.512, and 0.384, respectively. After analyzing the level of support, mean value, full score ratio, grade sum, unimportant percentage and coefficient of variation, 12 items were selected including wiry pulse, distention (oppression) or distending pain or scurrying pain (of chest and rib-side, lesser abdomen, breast, etc.), emotional depression, deep wiry pulse, light red tongue, thin white coating, induced or aggravated in case of emotional distress, impatience and irascibility, sighing, globus pharyngeus, menstrual irregularities, and painful menstruation. The weights of the first level items obtained by AHP were ranked from high to low as follows: clinical symptoms, pulse manifestation, and tongue manifestation; the weights of second level items from high to low were: wiry pulse, distention (oppression) or distending pain or scurrying pain (of chest and rib-side, lesser abdomen, breast, etc.), emotional depression, deep wiry pulse, light red tongue, thin white coating, induced or aggravated in case of emotional distress, impatience and irascibility, sighing, globus pharyngeus, menstrual irregularities, and painful menstruation.
Conclusion
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The preliminarily constructed diagnostic scale of liver constraint and
qi
stagnation syndrome is consisted of primary items including distention (oppression) or distending pain or scurrying pain (of chest and rib-side, lesser abdomen, breast, etc.) and wiry pulse, as well as secondary items including emotional depression, induced or aggravated in case of emotional distress, light red tongue, thin white coating, deep wiry pulse, impatience and irascibility, and sighing, and other items such as globus pharyngeus, menstrual irregularities, and painful menstruation.
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