Development and evaluation of short-form version of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: study a new and best brief instrument of Chinese medicine for health management

Bai, Ming-Hua; Li, Zhu-Qing; Wang, Huai-Yu; Ma, Xiao-Li; Wang, Zhong-Li; Li, Shi-Jun; Dong, Si-Ying; Zhang, Zi-Ling; Li, Wen-Le; Chen, Shun-Qi; Cai, Yu-Yang; Zhao, Xiao-Shan; Wang, Ji; Wang, Qi

doi:10.1186/s13020-023-00844-3

Table 6 Common factors and total variance explained of 3 short-forms

From: Development and evaluation of short-form version of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: study a new and best brief instrument of Chinese medicine for health management

SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions A	Component	Initial Eigenvalues			Extraction Sums of Quared Loadings			SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions B	Component	Initial Eigenvalues			Extraction Sums of Quared Loadings
SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions A	Component	Total	% of Variance	Cumulative %	Total	% of Variance	Cumulative %	SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions B	Component	Total	% of Variance	Cumulative %	Total	% of Variance	Cumulative %
Total	1	6.697	24.803	24.803	6.697	24.803	24.803	Total	1	5.862	25.485	25.485	5.862	25.485	25.485
	2	2.125	7.872	32.674	2.125	7.872	32.674		2	1.712	7.445	32.930	1.712	7.445	32.930
	3	1.705	6.316	38.990	1.705	6.316	38.990		3	1.517	6.597	39.528	1.517	6.597	39.528
	4	1.507	5.583	44.573	1.507	5.583	44.573		4	1.334	5.800	45.328	1.334	5.800	45.328
	5	1.269	4.699	49.272	1.269	4.699	49.272		5	1.125	4.891	50.219	1.125	4.891	50.219
	6	1.124	4.163	53.435	1.124	4.163	53.435		6	1.101	4.786	55.005	1.101	4.786	55.005
	7	1.064	3.942	57.377	1.064	3.942	57.377		7	1.002	4.356	59.360	1.002	4.356	59.360
	8	1.057	3.916	61.294	1.057	3.916	61.294		8	0.904	3.929	63.289
	9	0.923	3.418	64.711					9	0.882	3.834	67.123
	10	0.863	3.197	67.908					10	0.764	3.320	70.443
	11	0.820	3.037	70.945					11	0.725	3.154	73.597
	12	0.742	2.747	73.693					12	0.703	3.057	76.654
	13	0.707	2.618	76.311					13	0.694	3.015	79.669
	14	0.645	2.390	78.701					14	0.652	2.837	82.506
	15	0.611	2.263	80.964					15	0.625	2.718	85.224
	16	0.597	2.213	83.177					16	0.563	2.448	87.672
	17	0.565	2.093	85.269					17	0.530	2.303	89.975
	18	0.546	2.021	87.291					18	0.484	2.105	92.080
	19	0.516	1.909	89.200					19	0.430	1.869	93.949
	20	0.484	1.792	90.992					20	0.408	1.772	95.722
	21	0.450	1.667	92.659					21	0.363	1.580	97.301
	22	0.411	1.523	94.182					22	0.321	1.396	98.697
	23	0.396	1.468	95.650					23	0.300	1.303	100.000
	24	0.338	1.253	96.903				GTC	1	1.476	49.194	49.194	1.476	49.194	49.194
	25	0.321	1.190	98.093					2	0.783	26.106	75.300
	26	0.303	1.122	99.216					3	0.741	24.700	100.000
	27	0.212	0.784	100.000				QDC	1	1.200	60.022	60.022	1.200	60.022	60.022
GTC	1	2.111	52.768	52.768	2.111	52.768	52.768		2	0.800	39.978	100.000
	2	0.809	20.218	72.985				YaDC	1	2.003	66.783	66.783	2.003	66.783	66.783
	3	0.694	17.338	90.323					2	0.574	19.118	85.901
	4	0.387	9.677	100.000					3	0.423	14.099	100.000
QDC	1	1.726	57.542	57.542	1.726	57.542	57.542	YiDC	1	1.535	51.179	51.179	1.535	51.179	51.179
	2	0.710	23.668	81.211					2	0.842	28.067	79.245
	3	0.564	18.789	100.000					3	0.623	20.755	100.000
YaDC	1	2.158	71.923	71.923	2.158	71.923	71.923	PDC	1	1.515	50.506	50.506	1.515	50.506	50.506
	2	0.574	19.129	91.052					2	0.806	26.868	77.374
	3	0.268	8.948	100.000					3	0.679	22.626	100.000
YiDC	1	1.565	52.182	52.182	1.565	52.182	52.182	DHC	1	1.535	51.153	51.153	1.535	51.153	51.153
	2	0.844	28.131	80.313					2	0.834	27.802	78.955
	3	0.591	19.687	100.000					3	0.631	21.045	100.000
PDC	1	1.774	59.148	59.148	1.774	59.148	59.148	BSC	1	1.529	50.979	50.979	1.529	50.979	50.979
	2	0.631	21.031	80.180					2	0.774	25.790	76.769
	3	0.595	19.820	100.000					3	0.697	23.231	100.000
DHC	1	2.047	51.180	51.180	2.047	51.180	51.180	QSC	1	2.241	74.693	74.693	2.241	74.693	74.693
	2	0.744	18.600	69.780					2	0.413	13.764	88.457
	3	0.673	16.834	86.615					3	0.346	11.543	100.000
	4	0.535	13.385	100.000				SDC	1	1.595	53.177	53.177	1.595	53.177	53.177
BSC	1	1.570	52.340	52.340	1.570	52.340	52.340		2	0.913	30.436	83.612
	2	0.909	30.311	82.650					3	0.492	16.388	100.000
	3	0.520	17.350	100.000
QSC	1	2.141	71.352	71.352	2.141	71.352	71.352
	2	0.458	15.279	86.631
	3	0.401	13.369	100.000
SDC	1	1.904	47.596	47.596	1.904	47.596	47.596
	2	0.989	24.734	72.330
	3	0.731	18.282	90.612
	4	0.376	9.388	100.000

SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions C	Component	Initial Eigenvalues			Extraction Sums of Quared Loadings
SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions C	Component	Total	% of Variance	Cumulative %	Total	% of Variance	Cumulative %
Total	1	6.166	22.837	22.837	6.166	22.837	22.837
	2	2.078	7.696	30.533	2.078	7.696	30.533
	3	1.696	6.281	36.813	1.696	6.281	36.813
	4	1.434	5.310	42.123	1.434	5.310	42.123
	5	1.367	5.064	47.188	1.367	5.064	47.188
	6	1.212	4.491	51.678	1.212	4.491	51.678
	7	1.094	4.053	55.731	1.094	4.053	55.731
	8	1.013	3.753	59.484	1.013	3.753	59.484
	9	0.909	3.366	62.850
	10	0.826	3.060	65.910
	11	0.797	2.950	68.860
	12	0.749	2.774	71.634
	13	0.743	2.753	74.387
	14	0.739	2.736	77.124
	15	0.680	2.519	79.643
	16	0.670	2.481	82.123
	17	0.637	2.361	84.484
	18	0.592	2.192	86.676
	19	0.547	2.024	88.700
	20	0.540	1.998	90.699
	21	0.504	1.866	92.564
	22	0.417	1.546	94.110
	23	0.388	1.438	95.548
	24	0.370	1.371	96.918
	25	0.339	1.255	98.174
	26	0.300	1.111	99.285
	27	0.193	0.715	100.000
GTC	1	1.302	65.116	65.116	1.302	65.116	65.116
	2	0.698	34.884	100.000
QDC	1	1.639	54.623	54.623	1.639	54.623	54.623
	2	0.707	23.580	78.204
	3	0.654	21.796	100.000
YaDC	1	2.530	63.252	63.252	2.530	63.252	63.252
	2	0.729	18.228	81.480
	3	0.511	12.779	94.259
	4	0.230	5.741	100.000
YiDC	1	1.914	47.848	47.848	1.914	47.848	47.848
	2	1.000	25.006	72.854	1.000	25.006	72.854
	3	0.562	14.041	86.895
	4	0.524	13.105	100.000
PDC	1	1.512	50.404	50.404	1.512	50.404	50.404
	2	0.799	26.623	77.026
	3	0.689	22.974	100.000
DHC	1	1.811	45.274	45.274	1.811	45.274	45.274
	2	0.863	21.583	66.856
	3	0.728	18.198	85.054
	4	0.598	14.946	100.000
BSC	1	1.367	45.564	45.564	1.367	45.564	45.564
	2	0.928	30.939	76.503
	3	0.705	23.497	100.000
QSC	1	2.207	73.555	73.555	2.207	73.555	73.555
	2	0.462	15.405	88.960
	3	0.331	11.040	100.000
SDC	1	1.628	54.276	54.276	1.628	54.276	54.276
	2	0.813	27.093	81.369
	3	0.559	18.631	100.000

Abbreviations: GTC: Gentleness constitution, QDC: Qi-deficiency constitution, YaDC: Yang-deficiency constitution,YiDC: Yin-deficiency constitution, PDC: phlegm-dampness constitution, DHC: damp-heat constitution, BSC: blood-stasis constitution, QSC: Qi-stagnation constitution and ISC: inherited-special constitution

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