Mojdeh Pourhosseini, Hossein Moradi, Fatemeh Nojavan and Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi*
Introduction: Soo ul qinya/pre dropsy is one of the liver diseases that also named as pre-dropsy. But, yet there is no precise method for diagnosis this disease. Therefore, this study aimed to develop “Soo Ul Qinya/Pre Dropsy” Diagnostic Tool (SUQDT) in traditional Persian medicine.
Materials and methods: A review study was conducted at 2018 on all 906 books and among credible texts of traditional Persian medicine that have been registered on noor islamic software was checked exactly. Moreover, "soo ul qinya" and "su ul qinya" and "pre dropsy" and "Sualaqani "Pish Istiqa" keywords was used for strategic searches in PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus and Since Direct, web of sciences, SID and Irandoc. Finally, 15 reference books were chosen. The scoring of "soo ul qinya" signs conducted based on the number of repetition of each signs and symptoms and weighted by inverse-variance method.
Results: Of all traditional Persian medicine’s books, 15 title had detailed about "soo ul qinya" disease. Overall, 29 different signs have been pointed in three groups including absolute signs (pallor, edema of feet, hands, face, eyelids), probable but important signs (poor digestion, heavy feeling or fatigue) and probable but less important signs (perspiration decrease, increased appetite). Based on the number of repetitions and sign weight, the final score of each sign will be yielded and the SUQDT developed.
Conclusion: The "soo ul qinya" disease is not a well-defined but a diagnostic tool named SUQDT was developed based on different signs of disease and assessing the psychometric properties of it suggested.
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