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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Developing an oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) knowledge and behaviors survey
Virginia J Dodd1, Joseph L Riley Iii, Henrietta L Logan
1Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. vdodd@dental.ufl.edu
Objectives:
To use the community participation research model to (1) develop a survey assessing knowledge about mouth and throat cancer and (2) field test and establish test-retest reliability with newly developed instrument.
Methods:
Cognitive interviews with primarily rural African American adults to assess their perception and interpretation of survey items. Test-retest reliability was established with a racially diverse rural population.
Results:
Test-retest reliabilities ranged from .79 to .40 for screening awareness and .74 to .19 for knowledge. Coefficients increased for composite scores.
Conclusion:
Community participation methodology provided a culturally appropriate survey instrument that demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability.
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