Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50)

Hui-min Zhang; Ming-hua Bai; Qi Wang

doi:10.1007/s11655-014-1853-z

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Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50)

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- Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50)
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 23, Issue 5, Pages: 350-356(2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Center for Studies in Constitution and Reproductive Sciences of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing,China
  2. Infinitus Scientific Advisory Board,Guangzhou,China
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by Beijing Youth Talent Plan (No. YETP0787) and Youth Teacher Fund of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-014-1853-z
  CLC：
- Published：2017，
  
  Published Online：12 January 2015，
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Zhang, Hm., Bai, Mh. & Wang, Q. Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50)., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 350–356 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-014-1853-z

Hui-min Zhang, Ming-hua Bai, Qi Wang. Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50). [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 23(5):350-356(2017)
Zhang, Hm., Bai, Mh. & Wang, Q. Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50)., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 350–356 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-014-1853-z DOI：

Hui-min Zhang, Ming-hua Bai, Qi Wang. Development, reliability and validity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50). [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 23(5):350-356(2017) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-014-1853-z.

摘要

To develop a health-evaluating scale from a Chinese medicine (CM) perspective and reflecting CM conception of health. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50) was developed by verification of dimensions

formation of item pool

verification of scoring methodology

and pilot test of scale and item analysis. TCM-50 composed of 50 items that could be classified into 4 dimensions including physiology and health

psychology and health

nature and health

and society and health. An examination of reliability and validity of TCM-50 yielded Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.927

and half coefficient of was 0.876. The intraclass correlation coefficient of total score was 0.912. After using SF-36 questionnaire to evaluate the criterion validity

the Pearson of the score of the two scales from the same participant was 0.740. TCM-50 has good reliability and validity

and can yield similar levels of efficacy as SF-36 in terms of evaluating people’s overall health level. As a scale based on CM theory

TCM-50 is suitable for self-measuring the general health of Chinese patients.

Abstract

formation of item pool

verification of scoring methodology

and pilot test of scale and item analysis. TCM-50 composed of 50 items that could be classified into 4 dimensions including physiology and health

psychology and health

nature and health

and society and health. An examination of reliability and validity of TCM-50 yielded Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.927

and half coefficient of was 0.876. The intraclass correlation coefficient of total score was 0.912. After using SF-36 questionnaire to evaluate the criterion validity

the Pearson of the score of the two scales from the same participant was 0.740. TCM-50 has good reliability and validity

and can yield similar levels of efficacy as SF-36 in terms of evaluating people’s overall health level. As a scale based on CM theory

TCM-50 is suitable for self-measuring the general health of Chinese patients.

关键词

Chinese Medicinehealth statusscaleTCM-50reliabilityvalidity

Keywords

Chinese Medicinehealth statusscaleTCM-50reliabilityvalidity

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