DEVELOPMENT OF SUSHRUTHA PRAKRITI INVENTORY, AN AYURVEDA BASED PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL

Authors

  • Ramakrishna B R

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v2i8.205

Keywords:

Sushrutha, Prakriti, constitution, body type, Inventory, Assessment

Abstract

Background: Assessment of human population based on Prakriti (constitution) is the first step in Ayurveda practice.
Our survey amongst practicing Ayurveda doctors had established the need for a standardized Prakriti assessment tool.
Aim: To develop a comprehensive tool for assessment of Prakrti. Settings and design: The tool was developed at
Sushrutha Ayurveda Medical College, Bengaluru by checking (a) Content/ consensual validity by focussed group
discussions (FGD) after item generation, (b) reliability by field trial on 300 healthy volunteers, correlations between
subjective and objective assessment, Cronbach’salpha and (c) test retest reliability on 30 subjects. Methods:
Characteristics of Vata, Pitta and Kapha personalities from ten authentic classics of Ayurveda were compiled. Twelve
Ayurveda experts and two psychologists formed the focussed group for validation at different steps. Reliability test was
done on 300 healthy volunteers; of these 30 subjects were assessed independently by 5 experts; 75 of these were
retested after one month. Results: A total number of 861 features were pooled. By applying Edward’scriteria it
reduced to 490 and by applying Jackson’s criteria it reduced to 99 for part 1 (self-administered) and 60 for part 2
(clinician’s assessment). The version(90+60 items) that evolved after content / consensual validation by 12 experts had
Cronbach’s alpha between 0.61 to 0.80.Pearson’s correlations of subjective vs objective assessment was > 0.95 and
Test-retest reliability was>0.95 for all three Prakritis. Conclusion: This study has yielded a scientifically standardized tool
called SPI with two parts, SPI-A with 90 questions and SPI-B with 60 items, to assess the Prakriti of an individual.

Author Biography

Ramakrishna B R

Ph.D.(Yoga) scholar, Swami
Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA)
University, Bengaluru.

Published

2021-03-07

How to Cite

B R, R. . (2021). DEVELOPMENT OF SUSHRUTHA PRAKRITI INVENTORY, AN AYURVEDA BASED PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL. Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM), 2(8). https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v2i8.205

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 8 (2014): Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM)

Section

Original Research Article- Clinical Research

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