Liu Jian, Wong May Chun Mei, Lo Edward Chin Man
Chin J Dent Res. 2017;20(2):79-88. doi: 10.3290/j.cjdr.a38272.
To develop an instrument to measure Oral Health-related Quality of Life (OHQoL) and the changes after dental treatment among older adults in Hong Kong, in order to understand their views on the influences of oral health problems and generate relevant items to design the instrument.
A qualitative study was conducted among adults aged 55 and over. Information on their perceived oral health impacts was collected during semi-structured interviews. A framework approach was used to identify the oral health impacts and to understand the meaning of those impacts on the perception of life satisfaction.
A total of 39 participants (average age 72 years) underwent the semi-structured interviews; 20 were seeking dental treatment and 19 had already received dental treatment for 1 to 3 months. In total, 308 statements on oral health impacts were drawn from the participants' descriptions. After four steps of item reduction and refinement, a list of 20 items was generated before being classified into eight domains: Cleansing, Eating, Speaking, Appearance, Social, Psychological, Awareness, and Health and Finance.
Older adults in Hong Kong perceive that oral health impacts on different aspects of life. The face validity and content validity of the developed Oral Health Impact on Daily Living (OHIDL) was proved through qualitative study.
开发一种工具，用于测量香港老年人的口腔健康相关生活质量（OHQoL）以及牙科治疗后的变化，以便了解他们对口腔健康问题影响的看法，并生成相关条目来设计该工具。
对55岁及以上的成年人进行了一项定性研究。在半结构化访谈中收集了他们对口腔健康影响的感知信息。采用框架方法来确定口腔健康影响，并理解这些影响对生活满意度感知的意义。
共有39名参与者（平均年龄72岁）接受了半结构化访谈；20人正在寻求牙科治疗，19人已经接受牙科治疗1至3个月。从参与者的描述中总共提取了308条关于口腔健康影响的陈述。经过四个步骤的条目删减和完善，生成了一份包含20个条目的清单，然后将其分为八个领域：清洁、进食、说话、外貌、社交、心理、认知以及健康和财务。
香港的老年人认为口腔健康会影响生活的不同方面。通过定性研究证明了所开发的《日常生活中的口腔健康影响》（OHIDL）的表面效度和内容效度。
