The Journal of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회지)

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A Study on Reproducibility of Responses to the Questionnaire for Sasang Constitution Classification II (QSCC II)

사상체질분류검사(QSCC II)의 재현성에 관한 연구

  • Cho, Jung-Hoon (Department of Oriental Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Hoon (Department of Oriental Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Jang, Jun-Bock (Department of Oriental Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Sub (Department of Oriental Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Hwang, Deok-Sang (Department of Oriental Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
  • 조정훈 (경희대학교 한방부인과교실) ;
  • 이창훈 (경희대학교 한방부인과교실) ;
  • 장준복 (경희대학교 한방부인과교실) ;
  • 이경섭 (경희대학교 한방부인과교실) ;
  • 황덕상 (경희대학교 한방부인과교실)
  • Published : 2006.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the reproducibility of responses to the QSCC II. Methods: Subjects have been tested by QSCC II for 2 or 3 successive years in Kangnam Korean Hospital at Kyunghee University from January 2002 to December 2005. We analyzed constitutions of the same subjects of each year tested. Results: In the second year of QSCC II assessment, 333 of the total 584 subjects were classed as the same constitutions as in their first test. The reproducibility was thus 56.88%. After the third year of QSCC II, 45 of a total 81 subjects were in the same constitutions. The reproducibility was thus 55.56%. Conclusions: We have found that the reproducibility of QSCC II is about 56%, so there is a severe limitation to diagnosis of constitution by QSCC II. Therefore, we must analyze constitutions through multiple objective methods.

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