Key result
The TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis achieved an 80.56% matching ratio for qualitative diagnosis and 85.56% for localization diagnosis when compared to experts' experience.
Why the study?
Do the proposed TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis match expert clinical diagnosis?
Do the proposed TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis match expert clinical diagnosis?
The proposed TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis show high concordance with expert clinical diagnosis.
May support standardized TCM osteoporosis diagnosis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
OBJECTIVE: To establish diagnostic criteria for common traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes in osteoporosis. METHODS: Based on the collection and analysis of related medical literature, clinical investigation, and expert discussion, a draft of preliminary diagnostic criteria for the basic syndromes of TCM in patients with osteoporosis was formulated. Then it was used in clinic for verification and revised repeatedly until a formal version of diagnostic criteria was satisfactorily achieved. RESULTS: The basic syndromes listed in the diagnostic criteria for patients with osteoporosis consisted of two parts: qualitative diagnosis and localization diagnosis. Results of qualitative diagnosis showed that the qualitative syndromes included damage of essence, deficiency of vital energy, deficiency of yin, deficiency of yang and blood stasis. The localization diagnosis showed that location of osteoporosis is bone and corresponds to the kidney, and also involves liver, lung, spleen (stomach) and heart. The diagnostic content has established the specific symptoms and the non-specific symptoms during various stages. Each of the above syndromes could be diagnosed according to a specific combination of its corresponding symptoms or signs. The clinical verification results showed that the total matching ratio of qualitative diagnosis was 80.56% between the diagnoses made according to the criteria and the diagnoses acquired from the experts' experience, and the total matching ratio of localization diagnosis was 85.56%. CONCLUSION: The TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis is generally consistent with TCM clinical practice, worthy of further popularization and application in clinical practice.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Dongtao Li (2011) studied osteoporosis. TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria vs. experts' experience was evaluated on total matching ratio of qualitative diagnosis. The TCM syndrome diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis achieved an 80.56% matching ratio for qualitative diagnosis and 85.56% for localization diagnosis when compared to experts' experience.
Synapse has enriched one closely related paper. Consider it for comparative context: