Sasangin diagnosis questionnaire: test of reliability.
BACKGROUND
The concept of Sasang Constitutional Medicine (SCM) has been in existence in Traditional Korean Medicine for more than 100 years. It is of great importance that the Sasang constitution type be determined accurately before any therapeutic treatment.


OBJECTIVE
Reliability analyse were carried out to evaluate the Sasangin Diagnosis Questionnaire (SDQ).


METHODS
The data were collected through multi-center research in collaboration with the Departments of SCM in the nine Korean Colleges of Oriental Medicine. The internal consistency test and the test-retest method were applied in the reliability analysis.


METHODS
The test-retest data of 88 respondents were used to analyze the reliability. The internal consistency reliability analysis was carried out using the data collected from 423 respondents.


RESULTS
The test-retest reliability was examined using the Pearson's correlation coefficients, which ranged from 0.44 to 0.74. The chi-square test results showed that there were five independent items in the retest that demanded careful attention. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient showed that all items were acceptable.


CONCLUSIONS
All the categories of SDQ can be accepted as being reliable scales.
Yoo
Jung-Hee
JH
Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Traditional Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Jong-Won
JW
Kim
Kyu-Kon
KK
Kim
Jong-Yeol
JY
Koh
Byung-Hee
BH
Lee
Eui-Ju
EJ
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