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KMID : 0878220210330020015
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
2021 Volume.33 No. 2 p.15 ~ p.23
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A Pilot Study for Applying Korea Sasang Constitutional Diagnostic Questionnaire(KS-15) to the Vietnamese
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Kim Sang-Hyuk
Park Ki-Hyun
Jeong Kyoung-Sik
Lee Si-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility of Korea Sasang Constitutional Diagnostic Questionnaire(KS-15) when was applied to the Vietnamese.
Methods: The subjects of this study were Vietnamese participants who visited National Hospital of Traditional Medicine in Hanoi in 2012-2013 among the data established at the Korean Medicine Data Center. Among them, 188 people were used to assess the reliability, and 116 people were used to assess the validity. The reliability test was conducted through test-retest analysis, and the validity test was conducted through cross analysis comparing to diagnosis by Sasang Constitutional experts.
Results & Conclusions: Three items of total 14 items, except for BMI, showed 0.4 or below in Kappa, 3 items were ranged in 0.4-0.6 and 8 items showed 0.6 or over, using 188 people. The concordance rate between the results of KS-15 and diagnosis of experts was 66.4% in 116 people (85.4% in Taeeumin, 47.4% in Soeumin, and 64.9% in Soyangin). The KS-15 could be usable for supporting to diagnose the Sasang constitution of the Vietnamese.
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KEYWORD
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Sasang typology, Sasang constitution, Questionnaire, Vietnamese
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