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| Development and Evaluation of Chinese Medicine Fire-Heat Syndrome Scale in Oral Cavity for Measuring Chinese Herb Toothpaste |
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| KeyWord:?re-heat syndrome, measuring scale, reliability, validity, reactivity, Chinese herb toothpaste |
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| Abstract: |
| Objective: To formulate the standard measuring tool for the evaluations on ?re-heat syndrome in oral cavity by means of Chinese medicine (CM). Methods: 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. Results: The measuring scale was composed of two integrative parts: the self-?lling section and the interview section. As far as the reliability was concerned, the total Cronbach α coef?cient of the measuring scale was 0.866, the total test-retest reliability coef?cient was 0.726 and the split-half reliability coef?cient 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 3. subjects used the Chinese herb toothpaste was statistically significant (P<0.01). Conclusions: This measuring scale has relatively good reliability, validity and reactivity, and it can be used in an objective quantitative evaluation on patients suffering from ?re-heat syndrome in oral cavity, and thus lay the foundations for the evaluations on the therapeutic effects of Chinese herb toothpaste on ?re-heat syndrome in oral cavity. |
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