Yoon Youngheum, Kim Hoseok, Lee Youngseop, Yoo Jonghyang, Lee Siwoo
Mibyeong Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Integr Med Res. 2015 Dec;4(4):225-230. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Oct 3.
The cold/heat questionnaire is one of the most actively developed patient diagnostic tools in traditional Korean medicine (hereafter abbreviated as TKM) because of its objectivity. Unfortunately, the existing questionnaires contain too many items to hold the respondent's attention. In the current study, we aimed to develop an optimized cold/heat questionnaire to be used as a complement to the existing questionnaires.
We developed a new cold/heat questionnaire based on a domain analysis of the existing questionnaires. The questionnaire's reliability was examined via two test-retest reliability analyses involving 1890 individuals in November 2013 and February 2014. Its validity was examined using a professional cold/heat diagnosis kappa value.
The new cold/heat questionnaire consisted of a total of seven items, which were created based on an analysis of the existing questionnaires. A reliability analysis performed using the study participants revealed a correlation coefficient of 0.609, 74.5% agreement with professional cold/heat diagnoses by TKM practitioners, and a kappa value of 0.487.
In the current study, we developed an optimized cold/heat questionnaire. The level of agreement between the questionnaire and professional cold/heat diagnoses by TKM practitioners was significant, which indicates great potential for its widespread use as a diagnostic tool in TKM.
寒热问卷因其客观性，是传统韩医学（以下简称韩医学）中最积极开发的患者诊断工具之一。不幸的是，现有的问卷包含太多项目，难以吸引受访者的注意力。在本研究中，我们旨在开发一种优化的寒热问卷，以补充现有问卷。
我们基于对现有问卷的领域分析开发了一种新的寒热问卷。通过2013年11月和2014年2月对1890人的两次重测信度分析来检验问卷的信度。使用专业的寒热诊断kappa值来检验其效度。
新的寒热问卷共有七个项目，这些项目是在对现有问卷进行分析的基础上创建的。对研究参与者进行的信度分析显示，相关系数为0.609，与韩医学从业者的专业寒热诊断的一致性为74.5%，kappa值为0.487。
在本研究中，我们开发了一种优化的寒热问卷。该问卷与韩医学从业者的专业寒热诊断之间的一致性水平显著，这表明其作为韩医学诊断工具广泛使用具有巨大潜力。
