中国结合医学杂志（英文版）Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Author Name	Affiliation	E-mail
ZHANG Hui-min, BAI Ming-hua
WANG Qi	1. Center for Studies in Constitution and Reproductive Sciences of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing (100029), China 2. Infinitus Scientific Advisory Board, Guangzhou (510623), China	qiwangdoc@163.com

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Abstract:

Objective: To develop a health-evaluating scale from a Chinese medicine (CM) perspective and reflecting CM conception of health. Methods: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50) was developed by verification of dimensions, formation of item pool, verification of scoring methodology, and pilot test of scale and item analysis. Results: TCM-50 composed of 50 items that could be classified into 4 dimensions including physiology and health, psychology and health, nature and health, and society and health. An examination of reliability and validity of TCM-50 yielded Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.927, and half coefficient of r was 0.876. The intraclass correlation coefficient of total score was 0.912. After using SF-36 questionnaire to evaluate the criterion validity, the Pearson r of the score of the two scales from the same participant was 0.740. Conclusions: TCM-50 has good reliability and validity, and can yield similar levels of efficacy as SF-36 in terms of evaluating people's overall health level. As a scale based on CM theory, TCM-50 is suitable for self-measuring the general health of Chinese patients.