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KMID : 0861120160200030045
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2016 Volume.20 No. 3 p.45 ~ p.53
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Development and validation of an instrument to measure the health status of healthy but unsatisfied people : Mibyeong index(未病 index)
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Lee Young-Seop
Baek Young-Hwa
Park Ki-Hyun
Jin Hee-Jeong
Lee Si-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The number of people in Mibyeong state that complain of physical and mental discomfort but without a clear medical diagnosis has rapidly increased, but the conventional medical system is insufficient to care for these people. By establishing an evaluation instrument for Mibyeong state, it will be possible to provide a research base for Mibyeong management system and expand the clinical area of integrative medicine.
Methods: Mibyeong Index was designed to measure inconvenience and resilience of subject’s complains including four physical symptoms (fatigue, pain, low sleep quality, indigestion) and mental distress include anxiety, anger, depression. A 21-item quality of healthy measure was developed and tested. We used results of a nation-wide stratified sampled adult data in Korea.
Results and Conclusions: Mibyeong index had adequate internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha was 0.88 in general population(N=1,110). The correlation between establised quality of life questionnaires (including SF-12 and EQ-D5 VAS) and the Mibyeong index were from 0.468 to 0.493. The national promotion of advanced health for an aging society and original Mibyeong care technology based on traditional Korean medicine can be developed by a self-care system that enhancing health before suffering illness. We expect that this instrument could be contribute to health management of people in Mibyeong state.
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KEYWORD
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Mibyeong Index, Health state, Questionnaire, Validation
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