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  • Medical Informatics
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes

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  • The Chronic Obstructive Sialadenitis Symptoms (COSS) questionnaire lacked patient input and validation for assessing chronic sialadenitis.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the patient experience or treatment response in sialadenitis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel, patient-centered questionnaire for evaluating chronic sialadenitis symptoms.
  • To create a standardized measure that improves upon the COSS by incorporating patient and expert feedback.

Main Methods:

  • Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of COSS responses to identify key symptom domains.
  • Symptom significance evaluation by sialadenitis patients and expert physicians.
  • Pilot testing and refinement of the new questionnaire (SPIT) through patient and expert interviews.
  • Assessment of SPIT's internal consistency, construct validity, and test-retest stability.

Main Results:

  • EFA identified three primary symptom domains: functional impact, pain, and swelling.
  • Expert physicians and patients identified distinct, clinically important symptoms.
  • The finalized 25-question SPIT demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.96) and 14-day test-retest stability.
  • SPIT scores showed strong agreement with the Oral Health Impact Profile-14.

Conclusions:

  • The Salivary Problem Impact Test (SPIT) is a validated instrument for assessing chronic sialadenitis symptoms.
  • SPIT offers improved usability and content validity compared to previous measures.
  • Further research will evaluate SPIT's ability to track longitudinal changes with treatment.