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Development and validation of a Prototype Prakriti Analysis Tool (PPAT): Inferences from a pilot study

2012; Medknow; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/0974-8520.105240

0976-9382

Sanjeev Rastogi, Francesco Chiappelli,

Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies

Prakriti , for its tangible impacts upon decision making in Ayurvedic clinical practice, requires a thorough and fool-proof method of examination. Conventional methods adopted for Prakriti examination are found inconsistent with huge inter- and intra-rater inference variability. By observing the gaps in the field, the present study aims to develop a prototype Prakriti analysis tool and its evaluation on inter-rater validity grounds. The study observes that Vata and Pitta constructs of Prakriti identification in Ayurveda have a significant inter-rater correlation ( P < 0.001 and P < 0.01), whereas Kapha has less ( P < 0.02) correlation. It is inferred that for less correlated variables like those of Kapha , a better understanding is required to reach a better consensus.