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Development, Reliability, and Validity of the"Knowledge-Attitude-Practice" Questionnaire of Foreigners on Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment.
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Abstract
objectiveTo develop a "knowledge-attitude-practice" questionnaire as an evaluating tool of foreigners' cognition on TCM treatment, so as to promote the internationalization of TCM.
methodsThe questionnaire was based on the "knowledge-attitude-practice" model and adjusted by expert consultation using the Delphi method. After conducting a survey among foreigners, Cronbach's
resultsA total of 10 experts participated in two rounds of expert consultation. The recovery rates of two rounds of expert consultation form were 100.0%. The coefficient authority in two rounds of expert consultation was 0.87 and 0.88, respectively. The concentration of expert opinions in the knowledge, attitude, and practice dimensions was 3.80 to 4.70 points, 3.70 to 4.50 points, and 3.60 to 4.40 points, respectively, in the first round and 4.30 to 4.80 points, 4.10 to 4.60 points, and 4.00 to 4.50 points, respectively, in the second round. The coefficient of variation in the knowledge, attitude, and practice dimensions was 0.10-0.32, 0.16-0.29, and 0.19-0.35, respectively, in the first round and 0.09-0.19, 0.15-0.25, and 0.16-0.31, respectively, in the second round. The
conclusionsAfter two rounds of expert consultation based on the Delphi method, the results of expert authority, expert coordination, and expert opinions' concentration were promising, and the expert consultation results were reliable. The "knowledge-attitude-practice" questionnaire of foreigners on TCM treatment in English had good reliability and validity and can evaluate foreigners' cognition on TCM treatment.
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