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KMID : 0387420100210040123
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2010 Volume.21 No. 4 p.123 ~ p.135
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Preliminary Study to Develop the Instrument of Oriental Medical Evaluation for dementia
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Ryu Chang-hee
Jung In-Chul
Cho Seung-Hun
Hwang Wei-Wan
Kang Wee-Chang
Lee Sang-Ryong
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was performed to develop a standard instrument of oriental medical evaluation for dementia.
Methods: The advisor committee on this study was organized by 17 neuropsychiatry professors of oriental medical colleges. The items and structure of the instrument were based on review of published literature. We took consultation twice from the advisor committee and we also took additional advices bye-mail.
Results: We discriminated between bian-zheng and su-zheng from the answers of the advisor committee. We got the mean weight of each symptom and sign from the answers of the advisor committee. We got the final weight from the combination of the ratio of bian-zheng to the number of all answers of the advisor committee and mean weight.
Conclusions: The instrument of oriental medical evaluation for dementia was developed through experts’ discussion. If the validity and reliability of this instrument is confirmed through additional clinical trial. the instrument of oriental medical evaluation for dementia is expected to be applied to the subsequent research.
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KEYWORD
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Dementia, Instrument of oriental medical evaluation, Symptoms and signs
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