Determination on Clinical Questions of the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Based on Delphi Method
SHI Ju-mei
ZHAO Ting-yu
YANG Xin-chun
ZHANG Yu
XU Ran
SUN Wei-wei
ZHAO Rui-hua
Abstract：Objective:The guideline working group strictly followed the guideline formulation norms to construct the clinical problems of the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine(hereinafter referred to as the"Guideline"),so as to facilitate the follow-up work of the guideline.Methods:On the basis of previous literature,expert interview and preliminary investigation,expert questionnaires were compiled according to the principle of PICO construction of clinical questions,and clinical questions were determined by two rounds of Delphi method.Results:Two rounds of Delphi method were used to send questionnaires to 34 experts.The recovery rate was 100％,and the positive coefficient of experts was 100％.The authority coefficient was 0.934,and the coefficients of variation were 0％-37％and 16％-37％.The Kendall coordination coefficient was 0.177 and 0.105(both P＜0.05).A total of 30 clinical issues reached consensus in the two rounds of Delphi method,and after discussion by experts in the guideline working group and consolidation of some clinical issues,9 clinical issues were finally included.Conclusions:This study summarized the clinical problems with the highest concern in endometriosis clinical practice,and identified those clinical problems that need to be included in this guideline through two rounds of Delphi method investigation,which is a good foundation for the subsequent formulation of the guideline.
Keywords：Delphi techniqueEndometriosisIntegrated traditional Chinese medicine & Western medicineDiagnostic and treatment guideline
Publication Date：2025-01-14
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 15-20 )