Research Article

Individualized Efficiency of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Non-ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: Study Protocol for Observational Research by the Evidence-Based Goal Attainment Scale

Table 2

The goal of treatment from physicians and evidence-based medicine (3 to 5 goals among the 8 goals can be selected form the table).

Goal of treatmentImportanceDifficultyWeightBaselineResults

1. Whether can improve the symptom of chest pain
2. Whether can improve the quality of life (based on the SF-36 form)
3. Whether can reduce the drug use
4. Whether can reduce finical burden of patients
5. Whether can improve prognosis of patients based on the report of MACE
6. Whether can improve the physical-chemical indexes (blood lipids, vascular endothelial function, blood rheologic indexes, oxidative stress, blood routine, liver and kidney functions, and blood coagulation factor)
7. Whether can improve imaging indexes (LVEF, chest radiography, CT, and MRI)
8. Whether can improve syndrome efficiency of TCM
9. Handwritten: the first goal of treatment that patients they want
10. Handwritten: the second goal of treatment that patients they want
Sum of weight