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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Validation of the Chinese version of the ICHOM Adult Oral Health Standard Set (AOHSS)
Yongmei Deng1,2,3,4, Songlin He5,6,7,8
1College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 7 Shangqingsi Road, Chongqing, 400015, China.
Background:
The ICHOM Adult Oral Health Standard Set (AOHSS) is a recently created standard set of outcomes intended for application in dental clinical practice. The purpose of this study is to describe the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the AOHSS into Chinese.
Methods:
According to standard cross-cultural procedures, the Chinese version of the AHOSS (AOHSS/C) was developed. Next, a total of 224 patients were enrolled to complete the AOHSS/C to examine its reliability and validity. The reliability of the AOHSS/C was assessed through the utilization of internal consistency and split-half reliability. Additionally, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and convergent validity were conducted to assess the validity of the AOHSS/C.
Results:
Following the findings of the corrected item-total correlation and exploratory factor analysis, one item ('aesthetic satisfaction') was deleted. The 11 items of the AOHSS/C exhibited satisfactory reliability, as evidenced by Cronbach's α value of 0.879 and split-half reliability of 0.769. The EFA revealed a two-factor model for the measure, explaining 58.9% of the total variance. Furthermore, the present study demonstrated convergent validity by showing a good correlation (rs=0.553) between the AOHSS/C and the general oral health question.
Conclusions:
The AOHSS/C was shown to be a valid and reliable measure to assess oral health in a Chinese population.
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