Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?

Table 9

Cronbach's alpha and ICC of the CCMQ.

	Cronbach's alpha; (𝑛=1080)	ICC (95% CI); (𝑛=219)
CCMQ	0.89
(1) Gentleness	0.72	0.78 (0.74, 0.82)
(2) Qi-deficiency	0.76	0.82 (0.78, 0.85)
(3) Yang-deficiency	0.82	0.88 (0.86, 0.90)
(4) Yin-deficiency	0.75	0.80 (0.75, 0.83)
(5) Phlegm-wetness	0.74	0.78 (0.74, 0.82)
(6) Wetness-heat	0.66	0.76 (0.71, 0.80)
(7) Blood-stasis	0.67	0.71 (0.65, 0.76)
(8) Qi-depression	0.84	0.85 (0.82, 0.88)
(9) Special diathesis	0.74	0.81 (0.77, 0.85)