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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.12.62

A Development of the Korean Version of the constitutions in Ayurveda Questionnaire  

Cheong, MeeSook (Department of Naturopathy, Dongbang Culture University)
Rim, Aela (Department of Buddhism Culture, Dongbang Culture University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.12, 2016 , pp. 62-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the development of a Korean version of the Ayurvedic constitution questionnaire and sought to verify its validity and reliability. Each study subject completed a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 63 questions. The Ayurvedic constitutions were placed into 7 categories. The results from 271 subjects revealed that the internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's ${\alpha}$) in the 41 item biometric signature part of the questionnaire was 0.757. The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ for the 22 item psychological part was 0.616, whereas the Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ for the entire 63 items was 0.840. Taken together, the results indicate that the Korean version of the Ayurvedic questionnaire was valid. Within the questionnaire, the fourth item about body and the ninth item about psychological showed item-total correlations with negative total values, thereby indicating inconsistent (less reliable) responses. The remaining 61 items had a 0.864 degree of reliability. The results for the pure Vata Pitta and Kapha body types showed a high level of internal consistency reliability, presumably because those participants were of a pure constitution type. The Kappa factor for inter-item coincidence between the judgment of Ayurvedic constitution experts and the judgment derived from the written test scores was 0.619, thereby indicating questionnaire validity. The results of this study may be useful in further development of a Korean version of the Ayurveda constitution questionnaire.
Keywords
Ayurveda; constitutions; questionnaire; reliability; validity;
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