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Hoda Tayebi-Hillali1,2, Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig3, Isabel C Olegário4

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology and Oral Health
  • Disability Studies and Healthcare Assessment

Background:

  • The Modified Oral Status Survey Tool (MOSST) is a novel instrument for assessing oral health in older adults, particularly those with intellectual disabilities (ID).
  • While MOSST's reliability and content validity are established, its concurrent validity against clinical standards requires investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the concurrent validity of the MOSST in older adults with ID.
  • To compare MOSST scores with established clinical indices for caries, gingival inflammation, and oral cleanliness.

Main Methods:

  • A validation study utilized data from Wave 6 of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA).
  • Forty-five dentate older adults with ID (aged 40-70) were assessed by a calibrated dentist using MOSST, ICDAS, MGI, and PI.
  • Agreement was analyzed using Cohen's kappa and Spearman's rank correlation coefficients.

Main Results:

  • The MOSST demonstrated perfect agreement (κ = 1.00) with ICDAS for caries, MGI for gingival inflammation, and PI for oral cleanliness.
  • Spearman's rank correlations were also perfect (p = 1.00) across all assessed oral health domains.
  • No significant differences were found between MOSST scores and the clinical indices.

Conclusions:

  • The MOSST exhibits excellent concurrent validity when compared to gold-standard clinical measures.
  • MOSST accurately identifies cavitated caries, gingival inflammation, and plaque accumulation.
  • The findings support MOSST's utility as a practical, non-dental tool for oral health assessment in older adults with ID where traditional methods are unsuitable.