Genç Fatma Zehra, Cingil Dilek, Hisar Filiz
Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Spec Care Dentist. 2023 Jul-Aug;43(4):416-424. doi: 10.1111/scd.12775. Epub 2022 Aug 29.
This research aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the "Oral Health Assessment Tool for the Elderly" Turkish form.
A total of 262 elderly individuals > 65 years of age were included in the study. These individuals were selected from community-dwelling elderly and nursing home residents in the Konya province of Turkey. A data form containing sociodemographic information and oral health behavior was used to collect the data. In addition, the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index and the Oral Health Assessment Tool for the Elderly were used. To create the Turkish version of the tool, the form was translated and back-translated for content validity. Expert opinion was obtained for criterion validity. Last, confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed to evaluate construct validity. Test-retest reliability, interobserver reliability, and Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients were calculated.
The Tool Turkish form consisted of 10 items and two factors. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was 0.86. The total variance explained by the items was 60.19%, and the test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.95. The content validity index was 0.90, and Kendall's coefficient of concordance was 0.97. The correlation coefficient between the scales is 0.719. The mean Oral Health Assessment Tool for the Elderly score obtained by the participants was 5.4 ± 4.32 (median 5, min-max: 0-17).
The Turkish version of the tool is a valid and reliable tool to assess oral health in community-dwelling elderly individuals and those living in nursing homes.
本研究旨在评估“老年人口腔健康评估工具”土耳其语版本的有效性和可靠性。
共有262名65岁以上的老年人纳入本研究。这些个体选自土耳其科尼亚省的社区老年人和养老院居民。使用包含社会人口学信息和口腔健康行为的数据表收集数据。此外，还使用了老年口腔健康评估指数和老年人口腔健康评估工具。为创建该工具的土耳其语版本，对表格进行了翻译和回译以评估内容效度。通过专家意见获得标准效度。最后，进行验证性因素分析和探索性因素分析以评估结构效度。计算了重测信度、观察者间信度和克朗巴赫α信度系数。
该工具的土耳其语版本由10个项目和两个因素组成。克朗巴赫α信度系数为0.86。项目解释的总方差为60.19%，重测信度系数为0.95。内容效度指数为0.90，肯德尔和谐系数为0.97。各量表间的相关系数为0.719。参与者获得的老年人口腔健康评估工具平均得分为5.4±4.32（中位数5，最小值 - 最大值：0 - 17）。
该工具的土耳其语版本是评估社区老年人和养老院居民口腔健康的有效且可靠的工具。
