Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?
Table 6
Confirmatory factor analysis of CCMQ.
Factor 1
Factor 2
Factor 3
Gentleness
Qi-deficiency
Yang-deficiency
Variable
Factor loading
Variable
Factor loading
Variable
Factor loading
Q1
0.497
0.247
Q2
0.485
Q17
0.722
0.521
Q2
0.485
Q3
0.694
0.481
Q18
0.739
0.546
Q7
0.441
Q4
0.713
0.508
Q19
0.755
0.57
Q8
0.804
0.79
Q5
0.678
0.46
Q21
1.253
0.9
Q21
0.474
0.9
Q6
0.449
0.202
Q22
0.466
0.417
Q27
0.206
Q7
0.441
Q52
0.651
0.424
Q53
0.224
0.05
Q22
0.224
0.217
Q55
0.625
0.391
Q54
0.235
Q26
0.362
0.131
Factor 4
Factor 5
Factor 6
Yin-deficiency
Phlegm-wetness
Wetness-heat
Variable
Factor loading
Variable
Factor loading
Variable
Factor loading
Q16
0.602
0.362
Q13
0.697
0.486
Q39
0.539
0.29
Q20
0.658
0.433
Q15
0.713
0.509
Q41
0.568
0.322
Q29
0.507
0.257
Q28
0.523
0.274
Q48
0.582
0.338
Q35
0.665
0.443
Q42
0.588
0.346
Q56
0.612
0.374
Q38
0.651
0.423
Q49
0.689
0.475
Q59
0.591
0.349
Q44
0.629
0.395
Q50
0.456
0.208
Q60
0.554
0.307
Q46
0.651
0.424
Q51
0.475
0.226
Q57
0.5
0.25
Q58
0.605
0.366
Factor 7
Factor 8
Factor 9
Blood-stasis
Qi-depression
Special diathesis
Variable
Factor loading
Variable
Factor loading
Variable
Factor loading
Q27
0.206
1.581
0.79
Q23
0.466
0.217
Q33
0.564
0.318
0.79
0.624
Q24
0.59
0.349
Q36
0.674
0.454
0.806
0.65
Q25
0.689
0.475
Q37
0.443
0.196
0.826
0.682
Q30
0.689
0.475
Q40
0.672
0.451
0.636
0.404
Q31
0.605
0.365
Q43
0.599
0.359
0.676
0.458
Q32
0.621
0.386
Q45
0.651
0.424
0.7
0.49
0.612
0.374
Confirmatory factor analysis model (Goodness of fit statistics for CCMQ)
SB
df
P value
RMSEA
90% CI for RMSEA
SRMR
CFI
TLI
IFI
7027.2
1668
<0.001
0.0563
(0.0549, 0.0576)
0.0626
0.969
0.967
0.969
SB : The Satorra-Bentler scaled Chi-square statistic; df: Degree of freedom; RMSEA: Root mean square error of approximation; SRMR: Standardized root mean square residual; CFI: Comparative fit index; TLI: Tucker-Lewis index; IFI: Incremental Fit index.
