The Instrument for Measuring the Implementation Situation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guideline: Evaluation and Application

Table 4

Distribution of consistency scores in sample 1.

Dimensions	Items	Median	Frequency of each consistency degree
			No consistency	Weak	Medium	Strong
VA	VA1	4.00	1	13	129	157	—
	VA2	4.00	0	15	117	168	0.602	—
VB	VB1	3.00	33	37	97	133			—
	VB2	3.00	27	44	110	119			0.520	—
	VB3	3.00	26	90	116	68					—
VC	VC1	3.00	40	95	113	52					0.003	—
VD	VD1	2.00	124	28	110	38						0.006	—

VA: diagnosis, VA1: TCM diagnosis, and VA2: MM diagnosis; VB: syndrome differentiation and treatment, VB1: syndrome differentiation, VB2: treatment strategy, and VB3: recipe medicinal; VC = VC1: other therapeutic method; VD = VD1: prevention; Notes. Adjusted value for multiple comparisons test was 0.002. was considered to be statistically significant; values of different items compared with “VA1”; values of different items compared with “VA2”; values of different items compared with “VB1”; values of different items compared with “VB2”; values of different items compared with “VB3”; values of different items compared with “VC1”; values of different items compared with “VD1”; .