A New Brief Measure of Oral Quality of Life

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Kressin, Nancy R ; Jones, Judith A ; Orner, Michelle B. ; Spiro, Avron
• Description:
  Introduction ; We developed a brief measure of the impact of oral conditions on individual functioning and well-being, known as oral quality of life. ; Methods ; Among 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. ; Results ; We 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. ; Conclusion ; The 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.
• Subjects:
  • Original Research
  • Female
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mouth Diseases
  • Oral Health
  • Psychometrics
  • Quality of Life
  More +
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2008; 5(2).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20225/cdc_20225_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 574.25 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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