Designing and validation of a Questionnaire to evaluate the Vidahi Karma of the Dravyas

Abstract

Questionnaires are frequently used in quantitative marketing research and social research. A questionnaire is a series of questions asked to individuals to obtain statistically useful information about a given topic. When properly constructed and responsibly administered, questionnaires become a vital instrument by which statements can be made about specific groups or people or entire populations. Adequate questionnaire construction is critical to the success of a survey. Appropriate questions, correct ordering of questions, correct scaling, or good questionnaire format can make the survey worthwhile, as it may accurately reflect the views and opinions of the participants. A useful method for checking a questionnaire and making sure it is accurately capturing the intended information is to pretest among a smaller subset of target respondents. In Ayurvedic Litrature Vidahi is a broad term used so many times as per as Pittaprakopa is concern. There are various research works already done showing Vidahi as a causative factors for various diseases.There are various definition given by various Acharyas but direct evaluation method not mentioned anywhere. The efforts has been made in this paper by making questionnaire to evaluate Vidahi Karma.