Validity of a Diagnostic Scale for Acupuncture: Application of the Item Response Theory to the Five Viscera Score
Table 5
Comparison by the presence of the symptom of the Five Viscera Score and SF-36.
Whole
Male
Female
Scale name
Subscale
Health condition
Health condition
Health condition
Good ()
Poor ()
P value†
Good ()
Poor ()
P value†
Good ()
Poor ()
P value†
Liver
6.57 (3.56)
8.48 (3.62)
0.016
6.31 (3.62)
7.23 (3.96)
0.474
7.07 (3.40)
9.83 (2.76)
0.006
Heart
6.73 (3.82)
8.96 (4.29)
0.018
6.56 (3.89)
7.77 (4.68)
0.472
7.06 (3.67)
10.25 (3.57)
0.010
FVS
Spleen
7.61 (3.67)
9.84 (4.18)
0.015
7.55 (3.60)
9.23 (4.68)
0.276
7.72 (3.82)
10.50 (3.66)
0.028
Lung
5.00 (2.47)
5.88 (3.68)
0.349
5.02 (2.55)
5.62 (3.55)
0.634
4.97 (2.33)
6.17 (3.95)
0.414
Kidney
6.24 (3.21)
7.96 (3.95)
0.040
5.96 (3.19)
7.46 (4.16)
0.268
6.76 (3.21)
8.50 (3.83)
0.111
PF
51.99 (7.71)
49.15 (11.92)
0.480
52.08 (7.84)
49.75 (14.45)
0.781
51.83 (7.48)
48.50 (9.01)
0.189
RP
46.68 (12.08)
44.42 (9.91)
0.131
47.49 (11.72)
44.98 (10.94)
0.296
45.17 (12.66)
43.82 (9.12)
0.368
BP
47.83 (10.29)
40.96 (11.65)
0.005
49.71 (9.79)
43.51 (11.74)
0.061
44.32 (10.33)
38.20 (11.39)
0.081
SF-36
GH
51.05 (10.57)
39.61 (9.82)
0.000
50.93 (10.94)
40.55 (10.60)
0.001
51.26 (9.90)
38.59 (9.25)
<0.001
VT
43.67 (10.17)
37.15 (13.52)
0.029
44.36 (10.18)
39.94 (11.07)
0.233
42.38 (10.09)
34.13 (15.69)
0.068
SF
48.29 (11.47)
41.28 (16.11)
0.038
49.17 (10.81)
44.62 (16.72)
0.533
46.64 (12.52)
37.67 (15.30)
0.036
RE
46.86 (11.85)
41.93 (14.68)
0.101
48.30 (11.24)
43.60 (12.95)
0.154
44.17 (12.53)
40.12 (16.75)
0.523
MH
44.67 (10.36)
36.15 (14.41)
0.008
45.30 (10.25)
41.08 (14.29)
0.455
43.49 (10.52)
30.80 (13.06)
0.003
FVS: Five Viscera Score; mean (SD); SD: standard deviation; PF: physical functioning; RP: role physical; BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; VT: vitality; SF: social functioning; RE: role emotional; MH: mental health; †Mann-Whitney U test. Poor: subjects who responded “always” or “most of the time” to the questionnaire items “seeing a doctor for an illness” and “taking medication for an illness”; good: the others excluding “poor.”
