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Table 9 Reliability coefficients of 9 BC types in 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

Edition of short-form

BC type

Item number

Cronbach’s alphacofficient

Test–retest reliability coefficient

P-value

A

Total scale

27

0.856

 

GTC

4

0.665

0.841

0.000

 

QDC

3

0.630

0.777

0.000

 

YaDC

3

0.800

0.787

0.000

 

YiDC

3

0.510

0.765

0.000

 

PDC

3

0.645

0.808

0.000

 

DHC

4

0.666

0.851

0.000

 

BSC

3

0.530

0.638

0.000

 

QSC

3

0.793

0.743

0.000

 

SDC

4

0.598

0.808

0.000

B

Total scale

23

0.856

 

GTC

3

0.466

0.819

0.000

 

QDC

2

0.325

0.756

0.000

 

YaDC

3

0.751

0.854

0.000

 

YiDC

3

0.522

0.690

0.000

 

PDC

3

0.499

0.831

0.000

 

DHC

3

0.522

0.771

0.000

 

BSC

3

0.513

0.684

0.000

 

QSC

3

0.828

0.760

0.000

 

SDC

3

0.544

0.818

0.000

C

Total scale

27

0.861

 

GTC

2

0.464

0.496

0.000

 

QDC

3

0.585

0.475

0.000

 

YaDC

4

0.802

0.651

0.000

 

YiDC

4

0.628

0.662

0.000

 

PDC

3

0.495

0.639

0.000

 

DHC

4

0.593

0.736

0.000

 

BSC

3

0.389

0.722

0.000

 

QSC

3

0.818

0.651

0.000

 

SDC

3

0.544

0.717

0.000

  1. 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; BC: body constitution