Comparison of two rating scales with the orofacial esthetic scale and practical recommendations for its application

Comparison of two rating scales with the orofacial esthetic scale and practical recommendations for its application

Abstract Purpose We compared measurement properties of 5-point and 11-point response formats for the orofacial esthetic scale (OES) items to determine whether collapsing the format would degrade OES score precision. Methods Data were collected from a consecutive sample of adult dental patients from...

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Main Authors: Swaha Pattanaik, Mike T. John, Seungwon Chung, San Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Subjects:
Orofacial esthetic scale
Scaling formats
5-point numerical rating scale
11-point numerical rating scale
Oral health
Item response theory
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-022-02006-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-022-02006-9

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