title: Sasangin diagnosis questionnaire: test of reliability.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Traditional Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jong-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyu-Kon
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong-Yeol
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung-Hee
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Eui-Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*