A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of Life
IntroductionWe developed a brief measure of the impact of oral conditions on individual functioning and well-being, known as oral quality of life.MethodsAmong older male veterans (N = 827) and community dental patients (N = 113), we administered surveys consisting of extant oral quality of life item...
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| author | Nancy R. Kressin, PhD Judith A. Jones, DDS, MPH Michelle B. Orner, MPH Avron Spiro III, PhD |
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| description | IntroductionWe developed a brief measure of the impact of oral conditions on individual functioning and well-being, known as oral quality of life.MethodsAmong older male veterans (N = 827) and community dental patients (N = 113), we administered surveys consisting of extant oral quality of life items, using clinical dental data from the veteran samples. We assigned each oral quality of life item to a theoretical dimension, conducted an iterative series of multitrait scaling analyses to examine the item-fit with the dimensions, reduced the number of items, and examined the psychometric characteristics of new scales and their association with clinical indices.ResultsWe developed two brief oral quality of life scales, one consisting of 12 items and the other of 6, the latter a subset of the former. Each demonstrated sound psychometric properties and was sensitive to clinical indices.ConclusionThe two brief oral quality of life scales can be used to assess the population-based impact of oral conditions as well as outcomes of dental care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c7a22fb02464e29b8b2143fe440fd722023-12-03T09:09:26ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionPreventing Chronic Disease1545-11512008-04-0152A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of LifeNancy R. Kressin, PhDJudith A. Jones, DDS, MPHMichelle B. Orner, MPHAvron Spiro III, PhDIntroductionWe developed a brief measure of the impact of oral conditions on individual functioning and well-being, known as oral quality of life.MethodsAmong older male veterans (N = 827) and community dental patients (N = 113), we administered surveys consisting of extant oral quality of life items, using clinical dental data from the veteran samples. We assigned each oral quality of life item to a theoretical dimension, conducted an iterative series of multitrait scaling analyses to examine the item-fit with the dimensions, reduced the number of items, and examined the psychometric characteristics of new scales and their association with clinical indices.ResultsWe developed two brief oral quality of life scales, one consisting of 12 items and the other of 6, the latter a subset of the former. Each demonstrated sound psychometric properties and was sensitive to clinical indices.ConclusionThe two brief oral quality of life scales can be used to assess the population-based impact of oral conditions as well as outcomes of dental care.http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/apr/06_0147.htmoral healthquality of lifeoral quality of life |
| spellingShingle | Nancy R. Kressin, PhD Judith A. Jones, DDS, MPH Michelle B. Orner, MPH Avron Spiro III, PhD A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of Life Preventing Chronic Disease oral health quality of life oral quality of life |
| title | A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of Life |
| title_full | A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of Life |
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| title_short | A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of Life |
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| topic | oral health quality of life oral quality of life |
| url | http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/apr/06_0147.htm |
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