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TCM Pattern Questionnaire for Lateral Elbow Pain: Development of an Instrument via a Delphi Process
Joint Authors
Zhang, Shi Ping
Bian, Zhao-Xiang
Yeung, Wing-Fai
Gadau, Marcus
Lu, Ai-ping
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-07-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Individualized acupuncture treatment has been practiced for pain therapy.
This study used acupuncture treatment for lateral elbow pain (LEP) as an example to study the diagnostic practice of individualized acupuncture treatment.
A provisional version of LEP pattern questionnaire was developed based on a recent systematic review on TCM pattern diagnosis for LEP.
A Delphi panel of 33 clinical experts from seven different countries was formed, and the Delphi survey was conducted in Chinese and English language for two rounds.
Consensus was achieved from all 26 panelists who responded to the second round on 243 items of the instrument, which included a 72-question-long questionnaire.
The mean level of expert consensus on the items of the final questionnaire was 85%.
Consensus was found on four TCM patterns that could underlie LEP, namely, the wind-cold-dampness pattern, the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern, the dual deficiency of qi and blood pattern, and the retained dampness-heat pattern.
A list of signs and symptoms indicating one of the four TCM patterns and a list of preferred treatment modalities for each pattern were also generated.
Our instrument shows considerable content validity.
Further validity and reliability studies are under way.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gadau, Marcus& Zhang, Shi Ping& Yeung, Wing-Fai& Bian, Zhao-Xiang& Lu, Ai-ping. 2016. TCM Pattern Questionnaire for Lateral Elbow Pain: Development of an Instrument via a Delphi Process. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104316
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gadau, Marcus…[et al.]. TCM Pattern Questionnaire for Lateral Elbow Pain: Development of an Instrument via a Delphi Process. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104316
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gadau, Marcus& Zhang, Shi Ping& Yeung, Wing-Fai& Bian, Zhao-Xiang& Lu, Ai-ping. TCM Pattern Questionnaire for Lateral Elbow Pain: Development of an Instrument via a Delphi Process. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104316
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104316