Study on Establishment of Compliance Evaluation Methods for Patients Taking TCM Decoctions / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish evaluation methods for compliance of patients taking Chinese medicine decoctions, according to the score of degree and weight for the unreasonable behaviors. Methods The patients taking TCM decoctions during July to December in 2010 were interviewed. Self-made scale was used for questionnaire and interview. The score of degree and weight for the unreasonable behavior were employed as evaluation indexes for compliance (0complete compliance;0compliance;0.5compliance;2compliance).ResultsAccording to the grades of the score of degree and weight for the unreasonable behavior, the population distributionswere the rate of complete compliance was 21.13%;the rate of the good compliance was 30.28%;the rate of bad compliance was 45.07%;the rate of completely no compliance was 3.52%. There was a positive correlation between compliance grade and subjective curative effect grade (rs=0.9199;P=0.000003). There was a significant difference of the subjective effective rate between good complication and bad complication, with statistical significance between differences in subjective effective rates (P<0.05). The incidence of discomfort symptoms in patients with good complication was lower than that in patients with bad complication, without statistical significance. ConclusionThe evaluation methods for compliance of patients taking Chinese medicine decoctions based on the score of degree and weight for the unreasonable behavior are operable and practical.