평소 증상 기반 한열변증 설문지의 신뢰도 및 타당도 연구

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 341 - 346
• Main Authors: 배광호(Kwang Ho Bae), 장은수(Eun Su Jang), 박기현(Kihyun Park), 이영섭(Youngseop Lee)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 2018
• Subjects: 한의학; Validity; Heat; Questionnaire; Cold; Reliability; Pattern identification
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529; 2283-2529
• DOI: 10.15188/kjopp.2018.10.32.5.341

The aims of this study were to evaluate the reliability and validity of the cold and heat pattern identification questionnaire (CHPIQ). From July 2015 to December 2015, 120 participants, university faculties, filled out CHPIQ by the way of self-reporting. Then two Korean medical doctors independently diagnosed them whether they belonged to cold pattern (CP) or not, and heat pattern (HP) or not. We evaluated the internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and the validity using the sensitivity and specificity through receiver operating characteristic-curve. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient) showed 0.754 (CP) and 0.753 (HP). The area under the curve was recorded with 0.884 (CP) and 0.786 (HP). The agreements between CHPIQ and experts were 82.8% (CP) and 72.9% (HP). The sensitivities showed 0.707 (CP) and 0.719 (HP), and the specificities were 0.935 (CP) and 0.736 (HP). This study suggests that CHPIQ is a reliable and valid instrument for estimating cold-heat pattern identification.