[Preliminary study on the combination of the analytical hierarchy process and Delphi methods in Chinese medicine clinical research].
The combination of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and Delphi method can overcome the strong subjectivity and poor authority in the simple use of AHP, get rid of the shackles of established thinking and take fully advantages of the experiences of experts' knowledge. By a set of quantitative calculation method, we can determine the relative importance of each factor or the relative weight of the order value, thus providing the support for clinical decision making. In this article, on the basis of the combination of AHP and Delphi method, the authors explore the Chinese medicine etiology of coronary heart disease.
Cardiovascular Department, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193.
Ying-Fei
YF
Bi
Jing-Yuan
JY
Mao
D035843:Biomedical Research; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software