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Area of Science:

  • Oral health research
  • Quality of life assessment
  • Psychometric validation

Background:

  • Subjective suffering from oral conditions is measured by oral health-related quality of life.
  • The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) is a common multidimensional assessment tool.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To perform a secondary analysis of the Dutch OHIP-14 in diverse international samples.
  • To examine the dimensional structure and reliability of the OHIP-14 scales.
  • To determine the most adequate scale structure for assessing oral health impacts.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary analysis of the Dutch OHIP-14 across three diverse samples (Netherlands, Caribbean, Nepal).
  • Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFAs) and Simultaneous Components Analysis (SCA) were employed.
  • Various models with differing factor structures were tested.

Main Results:

  • A two-factor solution (psychological discomfort and physical discomfort) was most satisfactory across all samples.
  • A one-factor solution (oral discomfort) was also deemed acceptable.
  • The proposed two subscales (6 and 5 items) and the one-factor scale (11 items) demonstrated statistical and theoretical adequacy.

Conclusions:

  • The OHIP-14 is most adequately applied using two scales: psychological discomfort and physical discomfort.
  • A single, one-dimensional scale of oral discomfort is also a feasible and practical option.
  • This approach simplifies assessment compared to using numerous small dimensions.