Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the chronic oral mucosal diseases questionnaire
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1Chongqing Research Center for Oral Diseases and Biomedical Science, Chongqing, China.
Introduction:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Chronic Oral Mucosal Diseases Questionnaire (COMDQ).
Methods:
A consecutive sample of 200 patients with chronic oral mucosal diseases was enrolled to complete the questionnaire after its translation and cross-cultural adaptation. The reliability of the Chinese version of COMDQ was determined through internal consistency and test-retest methods. The construct validity of COMDQ was analysed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA).
Results:
Cronbach's alpha value for the total COMDQ score was 0.894, and the test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient value for the total COMDQ score was 0.83. The EFA extracted four factors, which accounted for 67.89% of the variance. All items showed adequate factor loadings, ranging from 0.487 to 0.947.
Conclusion:
The results suggest that the Chinese version of the COMDQ has satisfactory psychometric properties and is applicable to patients with chronic oral mucosal diseases in China.
