Development and Preliminary Validation of the Questionnaire (the First Edition) Based on TCM for Detecting Health Status in China
Joint Authors
Bu, Huaien
Yin, Liqun
Zhou, Xuan
Xu, Fang
Gao, Jian
Cao, Shan
Zhao, Ziwei
Heng, Mingli
Wang, Hongwu
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
More and more people come to realize the importance of healthcare and early detecting of health status before becoming much more serious.
Self-perceived health is an easy, economic, and effective indicator of health, which has been widely applied in measuring health.
In this paper, the development and preliminary validation of the questionnaire (the First Edition) based on TCM theory were described and combined with Manual Mental Health Pattern for detecting health status in community of Tianjin, China.
Methods.
Questionnaire validity and reliability were evaluated in a small sample as a pilot study.
Analyses included tests for reliability and internal consistency, exploratory factor analysis, and tests for discriminative ability and convergent validity.
Results.
Overall, 294 of 303 participants completed the questionnaire (97.3%).
The questionnaire included 49 items.
Cronbach’s α was 0.83.
Factor analysis established 10 distinct domains.
The Pearson’s rho correlation between the total scores and MHP (SCL) was statistically significant ( r = 0.43 , P < 0.001 ).
t-test revealed significant differences ( P < 0.05 ) in total scores between the healthy and unhealthy results distinguished by physical examination.
Conclusions.
Questionnaire reliability and validity were acceptable.
Further work and larger sample would be warranted to refine items that measure the health status, to improve the reliability and discriminated validity of the questionnaire.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhou, Xuan& Xu, Fang& Gao, Jian& Cao, Shan& Zhao, Ziwei& Heng, Mingli…[et al.]. 2015. Development and Preliminary Validation of the Questionnaire (the First Edition) Based on TCM for Detecting Health Status in China. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063697
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhou, Xuan…[et al.]. Development and Preliminary Validation of the Questionnaire (the First Edition) Based on TCM for Detecting Health Status in China. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063697
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhou, Xuan& Xu, Fang& Gao, Jian& Cao, Shan& Zhao, Ziwei& Heng, Mingli…[et al.]. Development and Preliminary Validation of the Questionnaire (the First Edition) Based on TCM for Detecting Health Status in China. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063697
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063697