Development and evaluation of Chinese medicine fire-heat syndrome scale in oral cavity for measuring Chinese herb toothpaste / 中国结合医学杂志
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
; (12): 192-199, 2013.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To formulate the standard measuring tool for the evaluations on fire-heat syndrome in oral cavity by means of Chinese medicine (CM).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The measuring scale for fire-heat syndrome in the oral cavity by means of CM was investigated by symptom collection, item pool formulation, item selection, pre-investigation, evaluations on the reliability, validity and reactivity of the measuring scale, according to the principles for measuring scale design and under the guidance of CM theories.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The measuring scale was composed of two integrative parts: the self-filling section and the interview section. As far as the reliability was concerned, the total Cronbach α coefficient of the measuring scale was 0.866, the total test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.726 and the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.851. As far as the validity was concerned, the scores for the subjects of fire-heat syndrome in oral cavity and healthy people in their oral cavity in the items of symptoms were statistically different (P<0.01); three common divisors were extracted according to the theoretical dimensions, the accumulated contribution rate was 63.468%. As far as the reactivity was concerned, the difference between the symptom scores before and after the test in which 31 subjects used the Chinese herb toothpaste was statistically significant (P<0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>This measuring scale has relatively good reliability, validity and reactivity, and it can be used in an objective quantitative evaluation on patients suffering from fire-heat syndrome in oral cavity, and thus lay the foundations for the evaluations on the therapeutic effects of Chinese herb toothpaste on fire-heat syndrome in oral cavity.</p>
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Medicinas Tradicionales:
Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
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Medicina_china
Asunto principal:
Patología
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Farmacología
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Síndrome
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Diente
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Pastas de Dientes
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Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Estadística como Asunto
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Estudios de Evaluación como Asunto
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Boca
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Chinese journal of integrative medicine
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2013
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Article