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Area of Science:

  • Dental Public Health
  • Health Education
  • Instrument Development

Background:

  • Fluoride is crucial for dental caries prevention.
  • Accurate knowledge of fluoride use among health professionals is essential for effective public health messaging.
  • Existing tools for assessing fluoride knowledge may be limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a reliable questionnaire to assess fluoride knowledge (FKQ).
  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of the FKQ.
  • To provide a validated instrument for measuring fluoride knowledge in dental and health personnel.

Main Methods:

  • Development and validation of the FKQ, including questions on fluoride sources and consumption.
  • Psychometric testing using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in a sample of 456 participants.
  • Reliability estimation using Cronbach's alpha and external validation with sociodemographic data and practice-related questions.

Main Results:

  • The CFA confirmed adequate model fit with key indices (CFI=0.941, TLI=0.927, RMSEA=0.075).
  • Factorial loadings ranged from 0.25 to 0.91.
  • The FKQ demonstrated substantial and adequate reliability with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.68 for its 13 items.

Conclusions:

  • The developed Fluoride Knowledge Questionnaire (FKQ) is a valid and reliable instrument.
  • The FKQ can accurately estimate the knowledge levels regarding fluoride use among dentists, dental students, and health personnel.