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 3

Scale for evidence-based GAS.

Scale for evidence-based GAS	−2	−1	0	1	2
	1. Symptom of chest pain	Increase of the frequency of attack and the degree of pain, prolong for duration	No change of the frequency of attack, the degree of pain, and duration	A little bit relieves of the frequency of attack, the degree of pain, and duration	Obvious relieves of the frequency of attack, the degree of pain, and the duration	No any symptoms of chest pain
2. Quality of life based on SF-36 (^1physiological function, ^2physical function, ^3body pain, ^4general health, ^5vitality, ^6social function, ^7emotional function, and ^8mental health)	Aggravate obviously for 2 or more among the 8 dimensions of SF-36	No clearly improvement among the 8 dimensions of SF-36	Obvious amelioration for 1 to 2 among the 8 dimensions of SF-36	Obvious amelioration for 3 to 4 among the 8 dimensions of SF-36	Obvious amelioration for more than 4 among the 8 dimensions of SF-36
3. Situations of drug use	Obvious increase of dosage and categories	No obvious variations for dosage and categories	Decrease of dosage and categories (1 to 2)	Obvious decrease of dosage and categories (more than 2)	Discontinue drug followed by the doctor’s advice
4. Financial burden	Obvious increase of financial input	No obvious change of financial input compared with before	Decrease of financial input and relieve of the burden	Obvious decrease of financial input and relieve of the burden	No financial burden
5. Prognosis of patients (MACE: ^1death, ^2MI, ^3stroke, ^4TIA, ^5PCI, ^6peripheral vascular intervention, and ^7readmission)	1 or more new events (MACE) report compared with before	Events were observed similar to before and no new events report	No event (MACE) reports	No event (MACE) reports for a long time (six months to one year)	No event (MACE) reports for a long time (more than one year)
6. Physical and chemical indicators (^1blood lipid, ^2vascular endothelial function, ^3blood rheologic indexes, ^4oxidative stress, ^5myocardial injure marker, ^6liver and kidney functions, and ^7blood coagulation factor)	Obvious aggravated more than 2 indicators	No obvious change compared with before	Amelioration of 1 to 2 indicators compared with before	Amelioration of 3 to 4 indicators compared with before	Amelioration of more than 4 indicators compared with before
7. Imaging indexes (^1LVEF, ^2chest radiography, ^3CT, and ^4MRI)	Obvious aggravated more than 2 indexes	No obvious change compared with before	Amelioration of 1 to 2 indexes compared with before	Amelioration of 2 to 3indicators compared with before	Amelioration of more than 3 indicators compared with before
8. Efficiency of TCM syndrome [13]	Obvious aggravated of the TCM syndrome compared with before	No obvious variation of the TCM syndrome compared with before	A little bit amelioration of the TCM syndrome compared with before	Obvious amelioration of TCM syndrome compared with before	Enormous amelioration of TCM syndrome compared with before
9. Handwriting: the goal 1 that patients want to achieve)
10. Handwriting: the goal 2 that patients want to achieve