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ArticleElectronic physician2018

Reliability and validity assessment of gastrointestinal dystemperaments questionnaire: a novel scale in Persian traditional medicine.

Hamidreza Hoseinzadeh, Ali Taghipour, Mahdi Yousefi, Hamidreza Rostamani

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Hamidreza HoseinzadehPh.D. Candidate, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran.
Ali TaghipourAssociate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Health Sciences Research Center, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahdi YousefiAssistant Professor, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Hamidreza RostamaniPh.D. Candidate, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran.

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backgroundDevelopment of a questionnaire based on the resources of Persian traditional medicine seems necessary. One of the problems faced by practitioners of traditional medicine is the different opinions regarding the diagnosis of general temperament or temperament of member. One of the reasons is the lack of validity tools, and it has led to difficulties in training the student of traditional medicine and the treatment of patients. The differences in the detection methods, have given rise to several treatment methods.

objectiveThe present study aimed to develop a questionnaire and standard software for diagnosis of gastrointestinal dystemperaments.

methodsThe present research is a tool developing study which included 8 stages of developing the items, determining the statements based on items, assessing the face validity, assessing the content validity, assessing the reliability, rating the items, developing a software for calculation of the total score of the questionnaire named GDS v.1.1, and evaluating the concurrent validity using statistical tests including Cronbach's alpha coefficient, Cohen's kappa coefficient.

resultsBased on the results, 112 notes including 62 symptoms were extracted from resources, and 58 items were obtained from in-person interview sessions with a panel of experts. A statement was selected for each item and, after merging a number of statements, a total of 49 statements were finally obtained. By calculating the score of statement impact and determining the content validity, respectively, 6 and 10 other items were removed from the list of statements. Standardized Cronbach's alpha for this questionnaire was obtained 0.795 and its concurrent validity was equal to 0.8.

conclusionA quantitative tool was developed for diagnosis and examination of gastrointestinal dystemperaments. The developed questionnaire is adequately reliable and valid for this purpose. In addition, the software can be used for clinical diagnosis.

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DyspepsiaGastrointestinal Functional diseasesQuestionnaireTraditional medicine

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