量表在中医药研究中的应用现状与展望

分析了量表在中医药研究中的应用现状,提出了存在的问题及今后的研究思路。近年来,人们不仅将国际上通用的一些量表应用于中医的临床研究中,用于量化评定患者的心理状态、主观症状、中医药临床疗效及其与中医证候的关系等,而且还初步开始了一些与中医证候有关的量表制订工作,以期对某种证候的诊断与严重程度作出评定。这些工作对于中医药研究和证、症的规范化、标准化起到了积极的促进作用。进一步研制具有中医特色的量表是今后继续努力的方向,但要首先注意症状术语及其内涵的规范问题,同时要根据所研制量表的不同目的,注意借鉴心理测量的理论和量表的研究方法,探索各种类型中医量表的研究,并进一步规范中医量表的研究过程。

Current state and prospects of scale application in Chinese Medicine research

The current state and prospects of the scale application in Chinese Medicine research were analysed,and the problems and research thoughts in the future were discussed.In recent years some international common measuring scales have been used in clinical study of Chinese Medicine(CM) to evaluate quantitatively the psychological status,subjective symptoms,curative effects of CM and the relationship between the scales and syndromes of CM.Some measuring scales related to the syndromes of CM were studied in order to make diagnosis and evaluate the degree of the syndromes.The study has improved CM research and standardization of the syndromes and symptoms of CM. It would be one of the focuses in the future to study the scales with CM characteristics.More attention should be paid in the standardization of symptom terminology and connotation.Meanwhile the theory of psychological measure and method of scale study should be learnt,the different types of CM scales should be investigated and the research course of CM scales should be standardized further according to different purposes of the scales.