Bhadauria Upendra S, Purohit Bharathi, Nilima Nilima, Priya Harsh, Hansraj Waidya N, Singh Sarveshwari
Division of Public Health Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IND.
Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Feb 9;16(2):e53942. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53942. eCollection 2024 Feb.
The Oral Health Values Scale is a multidimensional instrument that identifies and measures a person's values related to oral health. This scale has been validated in American respondents. This study aims to evaluate the adaptability and validity of the Oral Health Values Scale in the Hindi language (H-OHVS).
A total of 240 adults participated in the study that was carried out from July to November 2022. An offline one-to-one survey was carried out to collect data by an investigator blinded to the study protocol. The translation and testing of the OHVS were carried out based on the cross-cultural adaptation guidelines of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Evidence-Based Medicine Committee. The content validity was assessed by an expert panel. Construct validity was analyzed through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), utilizing principal component analysis with varimax rotation. The internal consistency of the Hindi version of OHVS was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha.
The results showed that H-OHVS had an Item-level Construct Validity Index (I-CVI) ranging from 0.82 to 1.00. Two components, compliance and hesitance, were formed on H-OHVS accounting for 63.91% of the cumulative variance. The resulting model fit indices on confirmatory factor analysis presented an adequate fit to the data. The overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient for H-OHVS (α = 0.868) presents excellent internal consistency.
The study findings provide a certain degree of evidence in favor of this scale and establish the Oral Health Values Scale (OHVS) as a psychometrically sound measure.
口腔健康价值观量表是一种多维度工具，用于识别和衡量个人与口腔健康相关的价值观。该量表已在美国受访者中得到验证。本研究旨在评估印地语版口腔健康价值观量表（H-OHVS）的适应性和有效性。
共有240名成年人参与了2022年7月至11月进行的这项研究。由对研究方案不知情的调查员进行线下一对一调查以收集数据。OHVS的翻译和测试是根据美国矫形外科医师学会（AAOS）循证医学委员会的跨文化适应指南进行的。内容效度由专家小组评估。通过探索性因子分析（EFA），利用主成分分析和方差最大化旋转来分析结构效度。使用克朗巴哈系数评估印地语版OHVS的内部一致性。
结果表明，H-OHVS的项目级结构效度指数（I-CVI）范围为0.82至1.00。H-OHVS形成了两个分量表，即依从性和犹豫性，占累积方差的63.91%。验证性因子分析得出的模型拟合指数表明模型与数据拟合良好。H-OHVS的总体克朗巴哈系数（α = 0.868）显示出极好的内部一致性。
研究结果为该量表提供了一定程度的证据支持，并将口腔健康价值观量表（OHVS）确立为一种心理测量学上可靠的测量工具。
