Preliminary clinical verification of traditional Chinese medicine terms about vascular mild cognitive impairment.

Objective: To verify and standardize the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) terms about vascular mild cognitive impairment.Methods: Prospective observation was adopted.155 Leukoaraiosis(LA) with mild cognitive impairment patients were selected to verify the reliability and validity of core symptoms questionnaire of vascular mild cognitive impairment.Results: 24 core symptoms were verifi ed and nominated in traditional Chinese phrases.For example,the English meanings were: when talking one can’t remember his beginning and often stop;forgetting something soon;after saying out something,one suddenly forget it and can’t remember;inability to concentrate;bad at calculation;be in two minds;lazy to talk;talk too slowly;low interest in every thing;slow in mind;retarded thinking;retarded reaction;feelings of sadness;physically clumsy;walking slowly and heavily,et al.Conclusion: The 24 terms could describe the clinical features of vascular mild cognitive impairment generally.The terms of vascular mild cognitive impairment were different from those of dementia.