[Quantitative evaluation of the degrees of qualitative syndromes commonly encountered in patients with coronary heart disease].
OBJECTIVE
To establish a quantitative model for evaluating the degree of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes often seen in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).


METHODS
Medical literature concerning clinical investigation of TCM syndromes of CHD was collected and organized, and the "Hall for Workshop of Metasynthetic Engineering" expert symposium method was applied. First, the 100 millimeter scaling was used for combining with scoring on degree of symptoms to establish a quantitative criterion for classification of symptom degree in CHD patients, and the model was established by using comprehensive analytic hierarchy process as the mathematical tool to estimate the weight of the criterion for evaluating qualitative syndromes in various layers by specialists. Then the model was verified in clinical practice and the outcomes were compared with fuzzy evaluation from the specialists.


RESULTS
A total of 287 clinical observation forms on CHD cases were collected, and 167 forms were available after excluding any irregular forms. The results showed that basic coincidence rate between the outcomes derived from specialists and those from the model was 68.26% (114/167), and part coincidence rate was 88.62%(148/167).


CONCLUSIONS
This model, with good rationality and feasibility, has a high coincidence rate with fuzzy evaluation from specialists, and can be promoted in clinical practice. It is a good quantitative model for evaluating the degree of TCM syndromes of CHD.
Li
Dong-tao
DT
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao First Sanatorium of Jinan Military Region, Qingdao 266071, Shandong Province, China. lidongtao12345@126.com
Li
Jie
J
Wang
Jian
J
Li
Fu-yu
FY
Zhu
Jing-xiu
JX
Zhang
Mei-zeng
MZ
Li
Jun-yan
JY
Xu
Yan-lai
YL
Wei
Ling-bo
LB
Ji
Wen-yan
WY
Jiang
Rong-qin
RQ
Liu
Xue-fa
XF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged