Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 821-827.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2018.06.006

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Establishing traditional Chinese medicine pattern elements diagnostic scale of schizophrenia

Yin Dongqing1, Huang Fang2, Zhao Anquan3, Wang Qunsong4, MA Yanbing5, Chen Jindong2, Li Baojun6, Du Hong7, Jia Hongxiao1   

  1. 1. Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University;Beijing Mental Health Institute Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine, Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders;Beijing Key Laboratory for Mental Disorders, Beijing 100088, China;
    2. XianYue Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen 361012, Fujian Province, China;
    3. Mental Health Center of Tangshan, 5th Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan 063000, Hebei Province, China;
    4. Mental Health Center of Wuxi, Wuxi 214063, Jiangsu Province, China;
    5. 5th People' Hospital of LuoYang, Luoyang 471000, Henan Province, China;
    6. Mental Health Center of Xian, Xian 710061, China;
    7. Mental Health Center of Shenyang, Shenyang 110168, China
  • Received:2018-09-20 Online:2018-11-21 Published:2018-12-19

Abstract: Objective To establish a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pattern element diagnostic scale of schizophrenia and promote the development of TCM syndrome standardization for schizophrenia. Methods The questionnaire of TCM pattern element of schizophrenia was designed, and TCM four diagnostic data from 302 schizophrenia cases were collected.The four diagnostic data were analyzed with occurrence frequency, the items of four diagnostic data with occurrence frequency>10% were retained. TCM pattern elements and the items of four diagnostic data were extracted based on factor analysis. Binary Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the items with different weight coefficient. Totally 302 schizophrenia cases were scored with these items. Then, TCM pattern elements diagnosed by TCM experts were set as variables(Y), the scores of TCM pattern elements obtained with the above items with different weight were set as variables (X), and diagnostic threshold was determined with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results The TCM pattern element diagnostic scale for schizophrenia was established based on 302 schizophrenia cases.There were 10 pattern elements in the scale, including 8 TCM pattern elements of disease nature (fire-heat, Qi-deficiency, Qi-stagnation,Yin-deficiency, blood stasis,and Yang-deficiency) and 4 TCM pattern elements of disease location (Heart, Liver, Spleen, and Gallbladder). The total scale of every TCM pattern element diagnostic scale was 100, with diagnostic threshold as 60. Conclusion The establishment of TCM pattern elements diagnostic scale for schizophrenia will promote the standardization of TCM syndrome of schizophrenia.

Key words: schizophrenia, TCM pattern elements, diagnostic scale

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