Initial validation of the Yin-Yang Assessment Questionnaire for persons with diabetes mellitus

Table 4 Comprehensibility of Yin-Yang Assessment Questionnaire (n = 5)

Your feelings (presentations)	Frequency of comprehensibility
	Not	Moderately	Highly
I have felt excessively warm in all seasons	0	4	1
I have worn thin clothes due to feeling excessively warm	0	4	1
I have had an aversion to cold in all seasons	0	3	2
I have worn thick clothes due to my aversion to cold	0	3	2
I have intermittent hot and cold spells	1	4	0
I have had an aversion to strong wind	1	4	0
My face has been flushed with crimson red	0	5	0
I have experienced hot flush especially in the afternoon	1	4	0
I have experienced sweating at night	0	5	0
My skin has been very dry	0	5	0
My eyes have felt very dry	0	5	0
My lips have felt very dry	1	4	1
I have been thin and slim	0	0	5
My body looks puffy	1	4	0
My palms or soles have felt hot	0	5	0
I have had pains on my knee, loin, shoulder, and back but feeling better with heat application	0	4	1
I have running nose or and sneezing	0	5	0
I have had tinnitus	0	0	5
I have always drunk water to quench my thirst	0	0	5
I have experienced heavy sweating	0	5	0
My thirst could not be relieved by frequent water intake	0	3	2
I have felt comfortable with hot drink	0	0	5
I have dry cough	1	4	0
I have had clear sputum	0	5	0
My stools have been dry and hard	0	0	5
My stools have been loose or watery	0	0	5
I needed to wake up because of my diarrhea	1	4	0
I have experienced bland taste in my mouth	1	4	0
I have felt hungry even after big meals	0	0	5
I have had diarrhea, itchy throat or cough after intake of cold food	0	0	5
I have passed minimal volumes of urine that were yellow colored	0	4	1
I have passed large volumes of colorless urine	0	5	0