College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-702, Republic of Korea.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:761497. doi: 10.1155/2013/761497. Epub 2013 Aug 26.
Individuals may perceive the concepts in Korean medicine pattern classification differently because it is performed according to the integration of a variety of information. Therefore, analysis about individual perspective is very important for examining the cross-sectional perspective state of Korean medicine concepts and developing both the clinical guideline including diagnosis and the curriculum of Korean medicine colleges. Moreover, because this conceptual difference is thought to begin with college education, it is worthwhile to observe students' viewpoints. So, we suggested multivariate analysis to explore the dimensional structure of Korean medicine students' conceptual perceptions regarding phlegm pattern. We surveyed 326 students divided into 5 groups based on their year of study. Data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and factor analysis. Within-group difference was the smallest for third-year students, who have received Korean medicine education in full for the first time. With the exception of first-year students, the conceptual map revealed that each group's mean perceptions of phlegm pattern were distributed in almost linear fashion. To determine the effect of education, we investigated the preference rankings and scores of each symptom. We also extracted factors to identify latent variables and to compare the between-group conceptual characteristics regarding phlegm pattern.
由于个体可能根据多种信息的整合来感知韩医学模式分类的概念，因此，从个体角度进行分析对于检查韩医学概念的横断面状态以及制定包括诊断在内的临床指南和韩医学学院的课程非常重要。此外，由于这种概念差异被认为始于大学教育，因此观察学生的观点是值得的。因此，我们建议使用多元分析来探讨韩医学学生对痰证概念的认知维度结构。我们调查了 326 名学生，根据他们的学习年限分为 5 组。使用多维尺度分析和因子分析对数据进行了分析。在组内差异方面，首次接受完整韩医学教育的三年级学生最小。除了一年级学生外，概念图表明，每个组对痰证的平均感知都呈几乎线性分布。为了确定教育的影响，我们调查了每个症状的偏好排名和得分。我们还提取了因子来识别潜在变量，并比较痰证的组间概念特征。
