Standard Scale for Syndrome Differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome (SFYDS)

Peking University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: the diagnosis for Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04806490

2018YFC1704401

Details and patient eligibility

About

An version of the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome is not available yet for Chinese medicine.

The aim of this study is to develop and validate the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome. The study is divided into two steps. The first step is to develop the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome through expert consultation (Delphi method). The second step is to apply the scale in the participants and find out the diagnostic cut-off value of the scale by comparing it with the gold standard.

Enrollment: 1,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject will be recruited from the current outpatients' clinic activity of the affiliated hospitals of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. Subjects must be able to read and write in Chinese. After obtained informed consent we will ask them to participate to this study.
• All the subjects need to fill in the scale of Yin Deficiency syndrome and be diagnosed by a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to determine whether they have Yin deficiency syndrome. The judgment of TCM experts is the gold standard.

Exclusion criteria

• Participates who not meet eligibility criteria

Trial design

1,200 participants in 2 patient groups

Chinese participants with Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Description:

The participants with Yin Deficiency syndrome were included in this study. Chinese Medicine Experts evaluated the main symptoms of Yin Deficiency syndrome, diagnosed those participants. And the participants were measured by the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency syndrome. The participants were followed up for 12 months to observe whether there were any manifestations of Yin Deficiency syndrome during the observation period.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: the diagnosis for Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Chinese participants without Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Description:

The participants without Yin Deficiency syndrome were included in this study. Chinese Medicine Experts evaluated the main symptoms of Yin Deficiency syndrome, diagnosed those participants. And the participants were measured by the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency syndrome. The participants were followed up for 12 months to observe whether there were any manifestations of Yin Deficiency syndrome during the observation period.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: the diagnosis for Yin Deficiency Syndrome