Meghana Dasari, Sukhabogi Jagadeeswara R, Doshi Dolar, Keerthi Gummani, Tabassum Samreen
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2024 Aug;17(8):933-937. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2911.
Only a finite number of standard oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) measures are available for young children. However, instead of using parents as proxies to report a child's oral health status, children's self-reported oral health measures would be more accurate in providing their own perceptions of oral impacts.
The study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Telugu version of the scale of oral health outcomes (SOHO-5T) for 5-year-old children in Telangana.
The forward-backward translated SOHO-5T was pilot-tested among thirty children. The tested questionnaire was administered to 419 children, followed by a clinical oral examination using dentition status to evaluate dental caries (DC). Children ( = 30) were readministered the same questionnaire after a 2-week interval to test reliability. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were determined by Cronbach's α and intraclass correlation. Correlation with global ratings of oral health questions was done to assess construct validity. Discriminant validity was evaluated based on the presence or absence of DC. A < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The mean SOHO-5T score was 4.70, and the mean decayed teeth score was 2.48, with 49.16% of children having DC. Cronbach's α scores and the intraclass correlation (ICC) coefficient for overall SOHO-5T were 0.90 and 0.91, respectively. SOHO-5T also demonstrated good construct validity with a significant positive correlation with global ratings of oral health. SOHO-5T showed good discrimination between the presence (9.43 ± 3.10), or absence (0.14 ± 1.01) of DC.
This study shows good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. It also exhibited good construct and discriminant validity.
Meghana D, Sukhabogi JR, Doshi D, Psychometric Properties of Telugu Version of Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2024;17(8):933-937.
针对幼儿的标准口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）测量工具数量有限。然而，相较于让家长作为代理人报告孩子的口腔健康状况，孩子自我报告的口腔健康测量方法在反映他们自身对口腔影响的认知方面会更加准确。
本研究旨在评估泰卢固语版5岁儿童口腔健康结果量表（SOHO - 5T）在特伦甘纳邦的心理测量特性。
经过前后翻译的SOHO - 5T在30名儿童中进行了预测试。对419名儿童发放测试问卷，随后进行临床口腔检查，利用牙列状况评估龋齿（DC）情况。30名儿童在间隔2周后再次填写相同问卷以测试信度。通过Cronbach's α系数和组内相关系数确定内部一致性和重测信度。与口腔健康问题的总体评分进行相关性分析以评估结构效度。基于是否存在龋齿评估区分效度。P < 0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
SOHO - 5T的平均得分是4.70，平均龋齿得分是2.48，49.16%的儿童患有龋齿。总体SOHO - 5T的Cronbach's α系数和组内相关系数（ICC）分别为0.90和0.91。SOHO - 5T还显示出良好的结构效度，与口腔健康总体评分呈显著正相关。SOHO - 5T在有龋齿（9.43 ± 3.10）和无龋齿（0.14 ± 1.01）的儿童之间表现出良好的区分度。
本研究显示出良好的内部一致性和重测信度。它还表现出良好的结构效度和区分效度。
Meghana D, Sukhabogi JR, Doshi D, 5岁儿童泰卢固语版口腔健康结果量表的心理测量特性。《国际临床儿科牙科学杂志》2024；17(8):933 - 937。
