Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling
Table 1
Validity of the revised version of FVS ().
Subscale
Item number
Item
Factor loading
(SE)
Mean
Cronbach’s
Liver
0.79
Q1
I have a stiff neck
0.82
2.11 (0.11)
0.11
Q2
I have a pulled muscle in my neck
0.81
2.57 (0.14)
0.55
Q3
I have a backache
0.49
0.77 (0.06)
1.40
Heart
0.83
Q4
I worry about many things
0.83
2.40 (0.12)
0.40
Q5
I worry frequently
0.76
1.84 (0.10)
0.50
Q6
I have a lot on my mind and am not able to enjoy anything
0.57
1.09 (0.07)
1.19
Spleen
0.79
Q7
I am fatigued and this is not alleviated by anything
0.69
1.76 (0.09)
0.25
Q8
I have to lie down due to fatigue
0.60
0.93 (0.06)
0.61
Q9
My body feels heavy
0.55
1.62 (0.08)
0.33
Lung
0.63
Q10
My stomach rumbles
0.74
1.45 (0.08)
0.70
Q11
I feel hungry constantly
0.58
1.01 (0.07)
1.29
Q12
I have a runny nose
0.41
0.61 (0.05)
1.30
Kidney
0.78
Q13
I am absent minded
0.58
1.70 (0.09)
0.80
Q14
I am not energetic
0.53
1.45 (0.08)
0.98
Q15
My memory has deteriorated
0.49
1.01 (0.07)
1.03
FVS: five viscera score, “”: item discrimination, and SE: standard error. Mean “” is the average of item difficulty values. Item discrimination represents the ability of an item to differentiate the subjects; Overall Cronbach’s . Values of factor loading, item discriminability, and the mean item difficulty were used for developing original FVS. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was recalculated for revised version.
