Analysis of Credibility and Validity of Chinese Medical Constitution Questionnaire in Risk Evaluation of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Patients

VernacularTitle:中医体质量表应用于术后恶心呕吐风险评估的信度和效度分析
Author: Yu GONG ; Ying ZHAO ; Qiujin WENG ; Junyi ZHENG
Keywords: Chinese Medical Constitution Questionnaire(CMCQ); postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); credibility; validity
From: Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(2):285-289
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To preliminarily analyze the credibility and validity of Chinese Medical Constitution Questionnaire(CMCQ).Methods CMCQ was used to investigate the distribution of Chinese medical constitution types of 450 women inpatients with postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery from March to October of 2013.Credibility and validity were analyzed by Cronbach's α coefficient and factor analysis.Results Mixed constitution was identified in 184 (40.9％) patients.Cronbach's α coefficient of two dimensions (yang deficiency and qi stagnation) of CMCQ was proper,being 0.815 and 0.803 respectirely,while that of the dimension of harmony type was the lowest (0.514).The total variance explained by 9 common factors extracted from the results of factor analysis was only 48.5％.Conclusion CMCQ may need further revision based on the results of clinical application.