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Area of Science:

  • Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM)
  • Diagnostic Tool Development
  • Patient Assessment

Background:

  • Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM) utilizes cold/heat questionnaires for objective patient diagnosis.
  • Existing TKM questionnaires are lengthy, potentially reducing patient engagement.
  • There is a need for optimized diagnostic tools in TKM.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an optimized cold/heat questionnaire for TKM.
  • To create a complementary diagnostic tool that addresses the length limitations of current questionnaires.

Main Methods:

  • A new questionnaire was developed using domain analysis of existing TKM cold/heat assessments.
  • Test-retest reliability was assessed with 1890 participants across two time points (Nov 2013, Feb 2014).
  • Validity was evaluated against professional cold/heat diagnoses using kappa statistics.

Main Results:

  • The optimized questionnaire comprises seven items derived from existing assessments.
  • Reliability analysis yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.609.
  • The questionnaire demonstrated 74.5% agreement with TKM practitioner diagnoses, with a kappa value of 0.487.

Conclusions:

  • An optimized cold/heat questionnaire for TKM has been successfully developed.
  • The tool exhibits significant agreement with expert TKM diagnoses.
  • This optimized questionnaire holds potential for widespread adoption as a TKM diagnostic aid.