Reliability and validity assessment of mizaj questionnaire: A novel self-report scale in iranian traditional medicine

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mojahedi, Morteza ^a   Naseri, Mohsen ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^b   Keshavarz, Mansoor ^c,d   Ebadini, Mohammad ^d   Nazem, Esmaeil ^d   Isfeedvajani, Mohsen Saberi ^e  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medicine; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Temperament; Unani

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIZAJ QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN COLOR; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEMPERAMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOUCH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDITY; YOUDEN INDEX;

EID: 84896843210     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.15924     Document Type: Article

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