Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine (사상체질의학회지)

The Society Of Sasang Constitutional Medicine (사상체질의학회)
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A Pilot Study for Applying Korea Sasang Constitutional Diagnostic Questionnaire(KS-15) to the Vietnamese

단축형 사상체질 진단설문지(KS-15)의 베트남인 적용 예비연구

  • Kim, Sang-Hyuk (Future Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Park, Ki-Hyun (Clinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Jeong, Kyoungsik (Future Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Siwoo (Future Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
  • 김상혁 (한국한의학연구원 미래의학부) ;
  • 박기현 (한국한의학연구원 임상의학부) ;
  • 정경식 (한국한의학연구원 미래의학부) ;
  • 이시우 (한국한의학연구원 미래의학부)
  • Received : 2021.06.15
  • Accepted : 2021.06.22
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

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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이 연구는 2021년도 한국한의학연구원의 '빅데이터 기반 한의 예방 치료 원천기술 개발'(KSN2022120) 과제의 지원을 받아 수행되었습니다.

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